01 September 2022.
Okaloosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: North side of Range Road 213, approximately 0.18 kilometers east of the junction with Military Road 220, Eglin AFB. Very dry to xeric habitat in full sun.
Coordinates: 30.6359, -86.4595
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Elevation: 66m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: The underlying geology of this area is the Citronelle Formation of Pliocene origin and consists of gray to orange, often mottled, unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, very fine to very coarse, poorly sorted, clean to clayey sands. It contains significant amounts of clay, silt and gravel which may occur as beds and lenses and may vary considerably over short distances. Limonite nodules and limonite-cemented beds are common. Source: USGS Florida Geologic Map Data (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/state.php?state=fl)
The primary soil type in the collection area is classified as Lakeland Sand soils (5 to 12 percent slopes). The surface soil profile of this area is primarily the Lakeland series which consists of very deep, excessively drained, rapid to very rapidly permeable soils on uplands. They formed in thick beds of eolian or marine and/or fluvio-marine sands. Thickness of the sand exceeds 2 meters. Silt plus clay in the upper meter ranges from 5-10 percent. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout.
Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Associated species: Ilex vomitoria, Quercus laevis, Quercus incana, Pinus palustris, Smilax sp., Chrysoma paucifloculosa, Vaccinium arboreum, Licania michauxii
Comment: Shrub to small tree with a uniquely weeping-spreading habit. Plants generally 2-4 meters tall and wide.
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