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FNAI
COMMUNITY: Xeric
Hammock
STAGE DESCRIPTION
- Overstory:
Closed canopy forest dominated by mature hardwood
trees primarily native oaks. Hardwoods such as live
oak, sand live oak, bluejack oak, laurel oak and water oak
dominate with some magnolia, hickory and other species common.
- Mid
Story: This
system layer is sparse and dominated by sapling or larger
size classes of similar tree species, together with
widely spaced saw palmetto clumps and other shrubs such
as staggerbush, silkbay, red bay, and others.
- Ground
Cover: Grass
and herbaceous cover very sparse to non-existent.
Deer moss can dominate where mineral soil is exposed.
- Duff/Litter
Layer: Some
dead downed tree limbs and other small dead woody debris
are common. Oak leaf litter is the most common surface
fuel. Palmettos are in intermittent patches
(clumps) and harbor significant accumulations of dead palmetto
thatch.
- Soils:
Deep, white,
well-drained sands that originated from old dune systems.
Typical soil types include Blichton, Bonneau, Flemington,
Fort Meade, Gainesville, Hernando, Mabel, Millhopper,
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