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Pine Flatwoods
Randy Kautz |
Flatwoods are characterized by an open canopy forest of widely spaced pine trees
(historically longleaf pines) with little or no understory, but
dense ground cover of herbs and shrubs. The mesic (moist) flatwoods
in this area are dominated by slash pine, gallberry, and saw palmetto
and are closely associated with and often grade into hydric (wet)
flatwoods or scrubby flatwoods. Most flatwoods on the Apalachicola
River WEA have been converted into slash pine plantations. These
areas have been bedded, clear cut, and replanted several times.
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