National Forests in Florida Final Report
Live Oak / Saw Palmetto Forest
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Live Oak / Saw Palmetto ForestElement Identifiers NVCS association: Quercus virginiana / Serenoa repens Forest Database Code: CEGL004408 Formation: Lowland temperate seasonal evergreen forest Alliance: QUERCUS VIRGINIANA - (SABAL PALMETTO) FOREST ALLIANCE (I.A.4.N.a.4) Element Concept Summary: This association includes xeric hammocks of Florida, and possibly other states. This xeric hammock contains Serenoa repens under a Quercus virginiana canopy. More information is needed. Environment: Xeric hammocks of Florida, and possibly other states. Vegetation: This xeric hammock contains Serenoa repens under a Quercus virginiana canopy. From Osceola National Forest, additional details as follows. Other canopy trees include Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus nigra, and Pinus taeda. The subcanopy includes Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus nigra, and Quercus virginiana. Tall shrubs include Morella cerifera, Ilex opaca, Calycanthus floridus, Callicarpa americana, Diospyros virginiana, Persea palustris, and Pinus elliottii. Short shrubs additionally include Vaccinium myrsinites, Serenoa repens, Asimina angustifolia (= Asimina longifolia), Vaccinium stamineum, Magnolia virginiana, Ilex glabra, Vaccinium arboreum, Acer rubrum, and Quercus hemisphaerica. Herbaceous plants are very sparse and include Aristida beyrichiana, Panicum anceps, Croton michauxii (= Crotonopsis linearis), Eupatorium compositifolium, Cnidoscolus stimulosus, Andropogon virginicus, and Pterocaulon pycnostachyum. Dynamics: Lack of fire. Similar Associations: No information Synonymy: Xeric Hammock, Sandhill Hammock subtype (FNAI 1992b) B. in part Comments: More information is needed. Conservation Ranking & Rare Species GRank: G3? (97-08-14): High-ranked species: No information Element Distribution Range: Xeric hammocks of Florida, and possibly other states. States: FL Crosswalk to State Classifications: FL: Xeric Hammock, in part (FL 1992) TNC Ecoregions: 55:C, 56:C USFS Ecoregions: 232Gb:CCC Federal Lands: DOD (Cape Canaveral); USFS (Osceola) Element Sources References: FNAI 1992a, FNAI 1992b Near Coastal Sand Pine Scrubs Peninsular Sand Pine ForestElement Identifiers NVCS association: Pinus clausa / Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - (Quercus laevis) / Garberia heterophylla Forest Database Code: CEGL007074 Formation: Rounded-crowned temperate or subpolar needle-leaved evergreen forest Alliance: PINUS CLAUSA FOREST ALLIANCE (I.A.8.N.b.3) Element Concept Summary: This closed canopy forest occurs in the Florida peninsula. The closed canopy (10-20 m high) is composed of Pinus clausa. The subcanopy includes Quercus geminata, Quercus myrtifolia, and Quercus laevis. Environment: See Summary Vegetation: See Summary Dynamics: See Summary Similar Associations: No information Synonymy: Scrub, Sand Pine Scrub subtype (FNAI 1992b) Scrub, Sand Pine/Turkey Oak Scrub subtype (FNAI 1992b) Sand Pine - Oak Forest. [common name] Comments: None Conservation Ranking & Rare Species GRank: G2 (98-01-10): This community is restricted to the Florida Peninsula. The largest occurrences are found in Ocala National Forest, in central Florida. Fire regimes are critical in maintaining this type. High-ranked species: No information Element Distribution Range: States: FL Crosswalk to State Classifications: FL: Scrub, in part (FL 1992) TNC Ecoregions: 54:P, 55:C USFS Ecoregions: 232Bf:CCC Federal Lands: USFS (Ocala) Element Sources References: FNAI 1992a, FNAI 1992b Near Coastal Sand Pine Scrubs Sand Pine ScrubElement Identifiers NVCS association: Pinus clausa / Quercus myrtifolia - Quercus geminata Woodland Database Code: CEGL003556 Formation: Rounded-crowned temperate or subpolar needle-leaved evergreen woodland Alliance: PINUS CLAUSA WOODLAND ALLIANCE (II.A.4.N.a.13) Element Concept Summary: This is a low-stature woodland consisting of a Pinus clausa canopy over evergreen scrub oaks (Quercus myrtifolia, Quercus chapmanii, Quercus geminata, Quercus inopina). Other shrubs include Ceratiola ericoides, Lyonia ferruginea, Quercus chapmanii, Quercus laevis, Carya floridana (on "yellow sands"), Persea humilis, Sabal etonia, Serenoa repens, Zamia pumila, Ilex opaca var. arenicola, Garberia heterophylla, Stillingia sylvatica, Vaccinium myrsinites, Vaccinium stamineum, Vitis rotundifolia var. munsoniana, and Asimina obovata. The herb layer is generally sparse and frequently dominated by lichens (Cladonia leporina, Cladonia prostrata, Cladina evansii, and Cladina subtenuis). The light-colored sandy soils are extremely well-drained and infertile. This is an interior scrub association, not restricted to coastal situations. Environment: See Summary Vegetation: See Summary Dynamics: See Summary Similar Associations: Pinus clausa / Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - Conradina canescens Woodland (CEGL003554) Synonymy: IB8h. Gulf Coastal Scrub (Allard 1990) B. in part Comments: The delineation of this community has been substantially narrowed (it formerly included sand pine scrubs throughout their range). This association is distinguished from Pinus clausa / Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - Conradina canescens Woodland (CEGL003554) of more coastal situations. Conservation Ranking & Rare Species GRank: G2 (97-11-22): This sand pine woodland association is an interior scrub association of the Coastal Plain of Florida not restricted to coastal situations. It is found only in a very limited range and only on specialized deep sand habitats within this range. Most of the remaining examples are highly threatened by development and alteration of fire regimes; they are susceptible to the effects of fire suppression, over-grazing, or conversion to retirement housing, commercial forest plantations or agriculture (including citrus groves). An appropriate fire regime is necessary to control ground vegetation and promote the reproduction of sand pine. Most of those occurrences which have not been destroyed are severely degraded. High-ranked species: BONAMIA GRANDIFLORA (G3), APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS (G3) Element Distribution Range: States: FL Crosswalk to State Classifications: FL: Scrub, in part (FL 1992) TNC Ecoregions: 53:C, 55:C USFS Ecoregions: 232Bf:CCC, 232Dc:CCC Federal Lands: USFS (Apalachicola?, Ocala) Element Sources References: Allard 1990, FNAI 1992a, Heuberger et al. 1997, Myers 1990 Inland Florida Scrub 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. 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