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Pine Flatwoods and Xeric Pine Forests of the Southern (Lower) Coastal Plain
| Author: |
Stout, I. Jack; Marion, Wayne R. |
| Date: |
1993 |
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In: Martin, W.H.; Boyce, S.G.; Echternacht, A.C., eds. Biodiversity of the southeastern United States: lowland terrestrial communities. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Abstract: |
Our review is a companion to Chapter 10. We emphasize the pine ecosystems of Florida: pine flatwoods, longleaf pine—turkey oak sandhills, sand pine scrub, scrubby flatwoods, and subtropical pine forests. Of these, Kuchler (1964) recognizes the sand pine scrub of central Florida and the subtropical pine forests of south Florida (Fig. 1). We provide maps of flatwoods and longleaf pine—turkey oak communities. They are more extensive than sand pine scrub and subtropical pine forests, but Kuchler (1964) includes them within the Southern Mixed Forest. This chapter and Chapter 10 show that such a classification greatly oversimplifies the complex vegetation structure and history on the lower Coastal Plain. |
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