Association (ecology)
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An association is the "ultimate classification level" of ecological systems. Local conditions permit several understory species to coexist with the same overstory dominants, and associations refer to the many co-occurring species rather than just the few dominant ones.
Associations have:
- A relatively fixed floristic composition
- A relatively uniform physiognomy
- A tendency to occur in a consistent type of localized habitat
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