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Maurice Greenwood.  Topography- rolling hills or sloping terrain  Soil- deep sand.

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1 Maurice Greenwood

2  Topography- rolling hills or sloping terrain  Soil- deep sand

3  Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)  South Florida slash pine (P. elliottii var. densa)  Turkey oak (Quercus laevis)  Wiregrass (Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana)

4  Soil- infertile, well- drained  Fire – important to the ecology  Burns- 1-3 years

5  Pines spaced fairly far apart  Midstory deciduous oaks  Ground species, height, and density will depend of fire history

6  Distinguished from scrub by lack of scrub oaks  Distinguished from upland pine by soil  Upland pine- clay or loamy soil

7 753,547 acres (304,950 ha) of Sandhill habitat exist, of which 46% (348,512 ac; 141,038 ha) are in conservation or managed areas. 5% (35,052 ac; 14,185 ha) are in Florida Forever projects 5% (34,517; 13,969 ha) are in SHCA- designated lands. 45% (335,466; 135,758 ha) are other private lands.

8  Critically endangered  98 % decline  90% - pine plantations, developments, agriculture

9  Canopy  Longleaf pine  Midstory  Trees  Shrubs  Understory  Dominant grasses  Forbs  Legumes

10  Turkey oak, bluejack oak (Q. incana)  Sand live oak (Q. geminata)  Sand post oak (Q. margaretta)  Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens)  Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)  Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa)  Pricklypear (Opuntia humifusa)  Gopher apple (Licania michauxii)

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12  Wiregrass  Three-awns (Aristida spp.)  Pineywoods dropseed (Sporobolus junceus)  Lopsided indiangrass (Sorghastrum secundum)  variable species of bluestems (Andropogon spp.)  Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

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14  Dogtongue wild buckwheat (Eriogonum tomentosum)  Narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia),  Gayfeathers and blazing stars (Liatris spp.),  Coastalplain honeycomb-head (Balduina angustifolia)  Sweet goldenrod (Solidago odora)  Soft green eyes (Berlandiera pumila).

15  Sidebeak pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora)  Sensitive brier (Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata)  Summer farewell (Dalea pinnata)  Milkpeas (Galactia spp.)  Snoutbeans (Rhynchosia spp.)  Spurred butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum)  Atlantic pigeon-wing (Clitoria mariana)

16  Peninsular sandhill  toothache-grass (Ctenium floridanum)  clasping warea (Warea amplexifolia)  scrub stylisma (Stylisma abdita)  giant orchid (Pteroglossaspis ecristata)  longspurred mint (Dicerandra cornutissima)  variable-leaf crownbeard (Verbesina heterophylla)  scrub pigeon-wing (Clitoria fragrans)

17  Panhandle sandhill  Zigzag silkgrass (Pityopsis flexuosa)  Toothed savory (Calamintha dentata)  Sandhill sedge (Carex tenax)  Pineland hoary-pea (Tephrosia mohrii)  Hairy wild indigo (Baptisia calycosa var. villosa)  Arkansas oak (Q. arkansana).

18  Cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)  Centipedegrass (Eremochloa ophiuroides)  Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)  Natal grass (Melinis repens)

19  Pocket gopher (Geomys pinetus), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus), grey and red fox(Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Vulpes vulpes) whitetail deer(Odocoileus virginianus)  Northern bobwhite quail(Colinus virginianus),wild wild turkey(Meleagris gallopavo), Bachman's sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

20  Gopher frog (Rana capito),  Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)  Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)  Florida pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus)  Short-tailed snake (Stilosoma extenuatum)  Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)  Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)  Southeastern American kestrel (Falco sparverius paulus)  Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus)  Fox squirrels (Sciurus niger)

21 Southeastern American kestrel (Falco sparverius paulus

22  Fire  Variability  Season  Frequency  Intensity

23  Mechanical treatments that create soil disturbance have negative impacts on wiregrass  Negative impact on oaks by herbicide

24  Eglin Air Force Base (Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties)  Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park (Clay County)  “Riverside Island” northern half of the Ocala National Forest (Marion County)


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