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indicator species
plant communities and their indicator species
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02/16/2009

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Term
high pine grasslands
Definition
longleaf and slash pine
wire grass(a bunch grass)
red cockaded woodpecker
fox squirrel
Term
flatwoods and praires
Definition
none in particular. it is a matrix within which other systems lie. Hostile to trees but has some in high spots.
Term
oak scrub
Definition
chapman oak, myrtle oak, sand live oak, saw palmetto, scrub jay,
Term
xeric oak hammock
Definition
live oak,spanish moss, laurel oak, cabbage palm, resurrection fern,
Term
hammocs
Definition
grow on hummocks, small rocky hills surrounded by either land or water.
Term
pine rocklands
Definition
Dahoon holly, swamp bay, wax myrtle, winged sumac, blolly, coontie, myrsine, marlberry, willow bustic.
Term
key hammocks
Definition
Gumbo -limbo, tamarind, false mastic, strangler fig, wild coffee, spanish stopper, Mahogony.
Term
wetlands
Definition
obligates include Dahoon Holly, Black Willow, Pickeralweed, Pitcherplants, Smoothbark St. John's Wort, spider lily spp., Sweetbay.
Term
Bay Swamp
Definition
sweetbay, loblolly bay and swamp bay, cypress, red maple, sweetgum, slash pine.
Term
marsh
Definition
wetland community dominated by herbs that are rooted in saturated soil on which water stands for much of the year.
Term
marsh plants
Definition

southeastern sunflower

sedges

rushes and reeds

spikerush,

maidencane

Jamaica swamp sawgrass

Term
swales and sloughs
Definition
unlike other marshes because the water perceptibly flows through during much of the year. "rivers of grass".
Term
everglades
Definition
predominant plant is Jamaica swamp sawgrass.
Term
swamp trees
Definition
cypress, tupelo trees, pond apple, swamp thistle
Term
floodplain swamps
Definition
grow along stream channels and in the lowest spots in floodplains.
Term
pioneer plants in dunes
Definition
  • sea oats,
  • beach peanut,
  • coastal searocket,
  • railroad vine
Term
interdune field, swale or flat
Definition

scrub oak

wax myrtle

saw palmetto

sea grape (dwarf form)

woody goldenrod and rosemary

 

 

Term
salt marsh plants
Definition
  • saltwort
  • glasswort
  • bushy seaside oxeye
  • sand cordgrass
Term
Native plants that are protected from being harvest include which two species?
Definition
Sea Oats and Sea Grapes
Section 370.041 prohibits the removal or digging up of sea oats and sea grapes.
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