20 October 2022.
Wakulla County, Florida, United States
Locality: Private property of Joann Palmer on Reservation Court
Coordinates: 30.2378, -84.3241
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Elevation: 5m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are abundant in this upland, dry, and arenaceous soil over karst.
Soils: The underlying geology of this area is the St. Michaels Formation of Miocene origin. The Lower Miocene St. Marks Formation, named by Finch (1823), is exposed in Wakulla, Leon and Jefferson Counties on the northwestern flank of the Ocala Platform. It is a white to yellowish gray, poorly to moderately indurated, sandy, fossiliferous (molds and casts) limestone (packstone to wackestone). Mollusk molds and casts are often abundant. The St. Marks Formation makes up the upper part of the FAS in part of the eastern panhandle.
Source: USGS Florida Geologic Map Data (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=FLMIsmk%3B0)
The surface soil profile found in this area is Otela limestone substratum-Ortega sands (0 to 5 percent slopes). The Otela Series consists of very deep, moderately well drained, moderately slowly to slowly permeable soils on broad uplands. They formed in sandy and loamy marine sediments over limestone on karst topography. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. The Ortega series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in a sandy deposit on marine terraces. These soils are on nearly level to strongly sloping upland landscapes. Slopes range from 0 to 12 percent. Ortega Series soils are generally strongly acid.
https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Associated species: Ilex opaca, Prunus serotina, Cornus florida, Sabal palmetto, Sabal minor, Erythrina herbacea, Callicarpa americana
Comment: This property is privately owned by Joann Palmer, who is a friend of Tim Kiphart’s. At his request, she collected seed from a plant naturally growing in the wild on her property.
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