09 November 2022.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Wetland associated with the Big Juniper Creek at the western end of Florida Department of Forest Road 47
Coordinates: 30.8000, -86.8900
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Elevation: 16m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: The underlying geology of this area is classified as Alluvium of Pleistocene/Holocene origin and consists of undifferentiated Quaternary sediments of varying thickness including siliciclastics, organics and freshwater carbonates. The siliciclastics are light gray, tan, brown to black, unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, clean to clayey, silty, unfossiliferous, variably organic-bearing sands to blue green to olive green, poorly to moderately consolidated, sandy, silty clays. Organics occur as plant debris, roots, disseminated organic matrix and beds of peat. Freshwater carbonates, often referred to as marls in the literature, are scattered.
Source: USGS Florida Geologic Map Data (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/state.php?state=fl)
The surface soil profile of this area is primarily Bibb-Kinston Series Association. Bibb Series soils are coarse-loamy, sandy, acid soils that are poorly drained. They are soils of flood plains and streams subject to frequent flooding. These are found in association with Kinston Series soils that are fine-loamy, sandy, acid soils of flood plains and stream subject to frequent flooding. The Bibb-Kinston association ranges from 1-1.5 meters thick and is strongly acid.
Source: Soil Survey of Santa Rosa County and NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/florida/FL113/0/SantaRosa.pdf and https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Associated species: Chamaecyparis thyoides, Cyrilla racemiflora, Ilex coriacea, Cliftonia monophylla, Nyssa biflora, Taxodium ascendens, Conradina eximia (new glabrous species), Ilex glabra
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