Tropical Hardwood Hammock Plants

Their branches and leaves crisscross so much they create a canopy or cover above your head.

Tropical hardwood hammock plants.

These plants may be found in other tropical climates like the west indies but in the united states they only occur in the tropical hardwood hammocks of south florida. To walk into a hardwood hammock is to walk through a shady tropical forest. Tropical hardwood hammocks provide critical habitat for a number of plants whose northernmost portions of ranges extend into south florida. Common tropical plant species found within the hammocks of ten thousand islands national wildlife refuge include gumbo limbo strangler fig and ironwoods.

If you were to look straight up you might have trouble seeing the sun and sky because of all the trees growing close together. Tropical hardwood hammocks are habitat for a few endemic plants and are critical habi. Hardwoods are broad leaved trees that grow well in the everglades. Other tropical species may include mahogany mastic and royal palm.

Tropical hardwood hammocks are closed canopy forests dominated by a diverse assemblage of evergreen and semi deciduous tree and shrub species mostly of west indian origin.