National Forests in Florida Final Report
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PREFACEThis report was created through a continuing agreement between NatureServe, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and U.S.D.A. Forest Service Region 8. This agreement provides for the application of the United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) standard to Region 8 Forests and will result in a basic list of vegetation units (alliances and community associations) presented on a Forest by Forest basis. The USNVC provides a framework for vegetation classification and is intended to serve as a tool for conservation planning and biodiversity protection, as well as resource planning, management, and vegetation mapping. In the southeastern United States, the USNVC is being developed in cooperation with the state Natural Heritage Programs, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, and other state and Federal partners. Its development has involved consultation with many individuals and agencies and incorporates information from a variety of publications and other classifications. This classification subset includes all alliances and associations attributed to the three National Forests in Florida (Apalachicola, Ocala, and Osceola), as well as some that are thought to occur on those forests but which are not confirmed. It is intended for review by Forest Service personnel and other ecologists in this geographic area. The fieldwork on the National Forests in Florida took place in 2001. Field reconnaissance is conducted in coordination with U.S. Forest Service personnel with the objective of visiting representative examples of all the major vegetation types, rare or unusual communities, and vegetation resulting from common forest management regimes. The vegetation classification produced through this agreement will form the foundation for continuing use of the USNVC on U.S. Forest Service lands in Region 8 for natural resource planning and management. Because this is an interim report, the classification is incomplete and will rely on feedback and additional fieldwork to improve its coverage of the individual Forest unit. Over the coming year refinements, revisions, and additions will be made to this classification based on review by Forest Service personnel, review of other vegetation studies, and analysis of data collected during field reconnaissance. In the meanwhile, the entire National Vegetation Classification is available on-line in a fully searchable database that is updated on a quarterly basis (www.NatureServe.org). Comments and suggestions for additions or revisions are welcome and encouraged. Please submit comments to the authors at the following address: NatureServe; Southern U. S. Office, 6114 Fayetteville Road, Suite 109, Durham, NC 27713-6284 or by phone or electronic mail: Carl W. Nordman: 919-484-7857 x153 (carl_nordman@natureserve.org) or Milo Pyne: 919-484-7857 x 136 (milo_pyne@natureserve.org). ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and participation of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service and its personnel in the National Forests in Florida for assistance in planning, logistics and access to areas investigated in the course of this work. Guy Anglin (USFS) and Lorraine Miller (USFS) were especially helpful in planning and conducting the fieldwork. The project could not have been completed without the help of Florida Natural Areas Inventory ecologists Ann Johnson, Brenda Herring, Gary Schultz, and Carolyn Kindell. This page left blank for notes Vegetation of the National Forests in Florida Table of Contents PREFACE i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS i INTRODUCTION i Background i Purpose and Scope of the USNVC ii A Combined Physiognomic/Floristic System iii Terrestrial Vegetation; “Natural” and “Semi-natural” Types iv Physiognomic Levels: Description And Definitions iv Floristic Levels: Description And Definitions v The Purpose of Naming vii Applications of the Classification System viii Conservation Ranking and its Use in Planning viii Applications of the USNVC by U.S.D.A. Forest Service and other Federal Agencies of the United States xi
Format of Alliance Descriptions xii Format of Association Descriptions xiii
I.A.4.N.a.1 Sand Live Oak Forest Alliance (A.52) 1 I.A.4.N.a.2 Sand Laurel Oak Forest Alliance (A.53) 1 I.A.4.N.a.4 Live Oak - (Cabbage Palmetto) Forest Alliance (A.55) 2 I.A.4.N.e. Temporarily flooded temperate seasonal evergreen forest 3 I.A.4.N.e.1 Live Oak Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.57) 3 I.A.4.N.g. Saturated temperate seasonal evergreen forest 4 I.A.4.N.g.1 Black Titi Saturated Forest Alliance (A.58) 4 I.A.4.N.g.2 Loblolly-bay Saturated Forest Alliance (A.59) 5 I.A.4.N.g.3 Sweetbay - Swampbay Saturated Forest Alliance (A.60) 5 I.A.4.N.g.4 Cabbage Palmetto - Live Oak Saturated Forest Alliance (A.61) 6
I.A.8.C.x.3 Sand Pine Planted Forest Alliance (A.93) 7 I.A.8.C.x.5 Slash Pine Planted Forest Alliance (A.95) 7 I.A.8.C.x.6 Longleaf Pine Planted Forest Alliance (A.96) 8 I.A.8.N.b. Rounded-crowned temperate or subpolar needle-leaved evergreen forest 8 I.A.8.N.b.3 Sand Pine Forest Alliance (A.117) 8 I.A.8.N.b.9 Longleaf Pine - (Slash Pine) Forest Alliance (A.123) 9
I.A.8.N.g.2 Atlantic White-cedar Saturated Forest Alliance (A.196) 10 I.B.2.N.a. Lowland or submontane cold-deciduous forest 11 I.B.2.N.a.16 American Beech - White Oak Forest Alliance (A.228) 11 I.B.2.N.d. Temporarily flooded cold-deciduous forest 12 I.B.2.N.d.5 River Birch - (Sycamore) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.280) 12 I.B.2.N.d.11 Green Ash - American Elm - (Northern Hackberry, Sugarberry) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.286) 13 I.B.2.N.d.15 Eastern Cottonwood Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.290) 14 I.B.2.N.d.17 (Willow Oak, Water Oak, Diamondleaf Oak) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.292) 15 I.B.2.N.d.21 Carolina Willow Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.296) 16 I.B.2.N.d.22 Black Willow Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.297) 17
I.B.2.N.e.5 (Eastern Mayhaw, Western Mayhaw, Rufous Mayhaw) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.320) 17 I.B.2.N.e.8 (Water Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Ogeechee Tupelo) Floodplain Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.323) 18 I.B.2.N.e.9 (Water Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Ogeechee Tupelo) Pond Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.324) 19 I.B.2.N.e.11 Planertree Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.326) 19 I.B.2.N.e.12 (Diamondleaf Oak, Willow Oak) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.327) 20 I.B.2.N.e.13 Overcup Oak - (Water Hickory) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.328) 20 I.B.2.N.e.19 Black Willow Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.334) 21 I.B.2.N.e.21 Pond-cypress Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.336) 22 I.B.2.N.e.22 Bald-cypress - (Water Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Ogeechee Tupelo) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.337) 23 I.B.2.N.e.102 Water Ash Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance (A.344) 24
I.B.2.N.f.2 Water Tupelo - (Bald-cypress) Semipermanently Flooded Forest Alliance (A.345) 24 I.B.2.N.f.3 Bald-cypress Semipermanently Flooded Forest Alliance (A.346) 25
I.B.2.N.g.5 Swamp Blackgum - Red Maple - (Tuliptree) Saturated Forest Alliance (A.351) 26 I.B.2.N.g.9 Bald-cypress - Swamp Blackgum - (Water Tupelo) Saturated Forest Alliance (A.355) 27
I.C.2.N.a.2 American Beech - Southern Magnolia Forest Alliance (A.369) 27 I.C.2.N.a.5 Sand Laurel Oak - Pignut Hickory Forest Alliance (A.372) 28
I.C.2.N.d.1 Sweetbay - Swamp Blackgum - (Diamondleaf Oak) Saturated Forest Alliance (A.378) 29 I.C.2.N.d.3 Cabbage Palmetto - Diamondleaf Oak - Live Oak - Sweetbay - American Elm Saturated Forest Alliance (A.380) 30
I.C.3.N.a.24 Loblolly Pine - (White Oak, Southern Red Oak, Post Oak) Forest Alliance (A.404) 30 I.C.3.N.b. Temporarily flooded mixed needle-leaved evergreen - cold-deciduous forest 31 I.C.3.N.b.2 Spruce Pine - (Diamondleaf Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Water Oak) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.431) 31 I.C.3.N.d. Saturated mixed needle-leaved evergreen - cold-deciduous forest 32 I.C.3.N.d.1 Slash Pine - Sweetbay - Swamp Blackgum - (Pond-cypress) Saturated Forest Alliance (A.441) 32 II. Woodland 33 II.A.2.N.a. Temperate broad-leaved evergreen woodland 33 II.A.2.N.a.5 Cabbage Palmetto Temperate Woodland Alliance (A.481) 33 II.A.2.N.c. Saturated temperate broad-leaved evergreen woodland 33 II.A.2.N.c.3 Cabbage Palmetto Saturated Woodland Alliance (A.488) 33 II.A.4.N.a. Rounded-crowned temperate or subpolar needle-leaved evergreen woodland 34 II.A.4.N.a.1 Longleaf Pine / Oak species Woodland Alliance (A.499) 34 II.A.4.N.a.13 Sand Pine Woodland Alliance (A.511) 35 II.A.4.N.a.22 Longleaf Pine Woodland Alliance (A.520) 36 II.A.4.N.a.28 Loblolly Pine Woodland Alliance (A.526) 37
II.A.4.N.f.2 Slash Pine Saturated Temperate Woodland Alliance (A.574) 38 II.A.4.N.f.6 Longleaf Pine - (Slash Pine, Pond Pine) Saturated Woodland Alliance (A.578) 39 II.A.4.N.f.9 Pond Pine Saturated Woodland Alliance (A.581) 40 II.B.2.N.a. Cold-deciduous woodland 41 II.B.2.N.a.17 Turkey Oak Woodland Alliance (A.617) 41 II.B.2.N.c. Seasonally flooded cold-deciduous woodland 42 II.B.2.N.c.4 Pond-cypress Seasonally Flooded Woodland Alliance (A.651) 42 III. Shrubland 43 III.A.2.N.c. Sclerophyllous temperate broad-leaved evergreen shrubland 43 III.A.2.N.c.26 Sand Live Oak - Myrtle Oak - Chapman Oak Shrubland Alliance (A.779) 43 III.A.2.N.i. Saturated temperate broad-leaved evergreen shrubland 44 III.A.2.N.i.3 Titi - Big Gallberry - (Black Titi) Saturated Shrubland Alliance (A.802) 44 III.A.2.N.j. Saturated temperate broad-leaved evergreen shrubland with a sparse needle-leaved or mixed evergreen tree layer 44 III.A.2.N.j.2 Shining Fetterbush - Little Gallberry Saturated Wooded Shrubland Alliance (A.805) 45 III.A.4.N.a. Lowland microphyllous evergreen shrubland 45 III.A.4.N.a.5 Florida Rosemary Shrubland Alliance (A.817) 45 III.A.4.N.d. Seasonally flooded microphyllous shrubland 46 III.A.4.N.d.1 (Chapman's St. John's-wort, Peelbark St. John's-wort) Seasonally Flooded Shrubland Alliance (A.844) 46 III.B.2.N.e. Seasonally flooded cold-deciduous shrubland 47 III.B.2.N.e.5 Swamp-loosestrife Seasonally Flooded Shrubland Alliance (A.990) 47 IV. Dwarf-shrubland 47 IV.A.1.N.f. Seasonally flooded needle-leaved and microphyllous evergreen dwarf-shrubland 47 IV.A.1.N.f.1 Coastal Plain St. John's-wort Seasonally Flooded Dwarf-shrubland Alliance (A.1090) 47 V. Herbaceous Vegetation 48 V.A.5.N.k. Seasonally flooded temperate or subpolar grassland 48 V.A.5.N.k.3 Longleaf Three-awn - (White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem) - Beaksedge species Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1364) 48 V.A.5.N.k.8 Sawgrass Seasonally Flooded Temperate Herbaceous Alliance (A.1369) 49 V.A.5.N.k.9 (Erectleaf Witchgrass, Wright's Witchgrass) - Threadleaf Beaksedge Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1370) 49 V.A.5.N.k.12 Southern Umbrella-sedge - Beaksedge species Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1373) 49 V.A.5.N.k.18 Maidencane Seasonally Flooded Temperate Herbaceous Alliance (A.1379) 50 V.A.5.N.k.22 (Carey's Horned Beaksedge, Narrow-fruit Horned Beaksedge) Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1383) 50 V.A.5.N.k.28 Sand Cordgrass Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1389) 51 V.A.5.N.k.65 Peatland Sedge Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1426) 51
V.A.5.N.l.1 (Florida Spikerush, Horsetail Spikerush) - Tracy's Beaksedge Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance (A.1428) 52 V.A.5.N.m. Saturated temperate or subpolar grassland 52 V.A.5.N.m.17 Feather-bristle Beaksedge - Pitcherplant species - (Southern Wiregrass, Toothache Grass) - Cinnamon Fern / Peatmoss species Saturated Herbaceous Alliance (A.1463) 52 V.B.2.N.f. Saturated temperate perennial forb vegetation 53 V.B.2.N.f.2 Southern Maidenhair Saturated Herbaceous Alliance (A.1683) 53 V.C.2.N.a. Permanently flooded temperate or subpolar hydromorphic rooted vegetation 54 V.C.2.N.a.17 American Eel-grass Permanently Flooded Temperate Herbaceous Alliance (A.1757) 54 V.C.2.N.a.102 White Waterlily - Yellow Pondlily species Permanently Flooded Temperate Herbaceous Alliance (A.1984) 54 Bibliography 205 APPENDIX 1: Table of Ecoregion Map Units (after Keys et. al. 1995) 218 APPENDIX 2: Scientific and Common Names for Species Referenced in this Report 223 Appendix 3 – Plant associations occurring or potentially occurring on the National Forests in Florida 234 Table of Contents to Association Descriptions Barrier Island and Maritime Live Oak Hammocks 56 Near Coastal Scrubs and Xeric Hammocks 59 Near Coastal Sand Pine Scrubs 63 Inland Florida Scrub 65 Acid Hardwood Slope Forests 67 Swamp Island Forests 72 Longleaf Pine Sandhills 74 Longleaf Pine Clayhills 82 Longleaf Savannas and Flatwoods 83 Semi-Natural Wooded Uplands 94 Managed or Modified Forests 95 Timber Plantations 99 Shaded Rock Outcrops 102 Backswamp/Slough Floodplain Forests 103 Bottomland Hardwood Forests 116 Riverfront and Levee Forests and Shrublands 120 Riverine Aquatic Vegetation 125 Rivershore Emergent Vegetation 127 Semi-Natural Riparian and Willow Forests 128 Hydric Hammocks and Forested Marsh Islands 129 Wet Slash Pine Savannas and Flatwoods 137 Wet Savannas & Swamps 141 Upland Depression Forested Ponds 143 Flatwoods – Wooded Ponds and Dome Swamps 145 Upland Depression Shrub Ponds 156 Open Ponds and Marshes 158 Open Limesinks and Emergent Vegetation 161 Emergent Ponds and Marshes 165 Herbaceous Seepage Bogs 171 Baygalls and Bayheads 177 Streamhead Atlantic White-cedar Forests 190 Coastal Plain Streamhead Forests 194 Small Stream Forests 195 Peatland Pocosins 200 Interdune Herbaceous Wetlands 203 Ecological Group Not Assigned 204 Directory: library library -> Strategic Plan South Sudan Country Office Context library -> The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh Selected Letters library -> Ieee/iee electronic Library (iel) library -> [0] B. Hardware [2] library -> [1] B. Hardware [1] library -> Florida public service commission library -> 1 1 before the florida public service commission 2 docket no. 070650-ei 3 In the Matter of: 4 petition to determine need for turkey point nuclear units 6 and 7 electrical 5 power plant, by florida power & light company library -> Archived Online Exhibit Download 3.16 Mb. Share with your friends:
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