|
FNAI
COMMUNITY:
No FNAI entry
STAGE DESCRIPTION
- Overstory:
Very open to no overstory. Few sand pines scattered
about. Most pines are in sapling stage, around 1 foot
in height.
- Mid
Story: A
dense layer of oaks and other evergreen shrubs dominate
the mid story. Most common oaks include myrtle oak,
sand live oak, and Chapman's oak. Other shrubs include saw
palmetto, rusty staggerbush, Florida rosemary, blue huckleberry,
fetterbush, wild olive, blueberry, deerberry, and muscadine grape (Stout and Marion, 1993).
- Ground
Cover: Ground
layer vegetation is sparse and species poor with many bare
sandy patches alternating with dense stands of lichens and
sand spike-moss (Stout and Marion, 1993). Other herbaceous
species include wiregrass, alicia, and sandyfield beaksedge
(Abrahamson et al., 1984).
- Duff/Litter
Layer: Litter
composed of mostly oak and other evergreen debris scattered
between broad patches of bare sand. Little to no duff.
- Soils:
Sandy, acidic, very well drained, nutrient-deficient soils
occur (Stout and Marion, 1993).
|
|
