14 December 2022.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Plants growing along the west side of Eglin AFB Choctaw Nolf Road northwest of Choctaw Navy Outlying Field. This road goes west and takes circuitous route to the north around the Field enroute to Escribano Point Wildlife Management Area. Frequent in wet areas.
Coordinates: 30.5267, -86.9649
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Elevation: 60m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are growing in part-shade to full sun of moist to wet depressions in areas where wetland herbaceous plants dominate allowing for more light.
Soils: 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 surface soil profile of this area is primarily Dorovan-Pamlico Series Association. The Dorovan Series consists of very deep, very poorly drained, moderately permeable soils on densely forested flood plains, hardwood swamps and Southern Coastal Plain Major Land Resource Areas. They were formed in highly decomposed acid-organic materials. Slopes are less than 1 percent. The organic material ranges from 1.3-2.1 meters thick. Reaction is extremely acid to very strongly acid in the organic layers and very strongly acid or strongly acid in the mineral layers. The Pamlico Series consists of very poorly drained soils that formed in decomposed organic material underlain by dominantly sandy sediment. The soils are on nearly level flood plains, bays, and depressions of the Coastal Plain. Slopes are less than 1 percent. Pamlico soils have 0.4-1.3 meters of organic material over dominantly sandy sediments. Reaction is extremely in the organic layers and ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid in the underlying mineral layers.
Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Number of plants sampled: 15
Associated species: Cliftonia monophylla, Cartrema americana, Ludwigia sp., Quercus virginiana, Vaccinium sp., Magnolia grandiflora, Morella cerifera, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, Ilex myrtifolia, Nyssa biflora, Arundinaria gigantea, Lyonia lucida, Xyris sp., Vaccinium corymbosum, Ilex glabra, Magnolia virginiana, Ilex vomitoria, Smilax laurifolia, Acer rubrum, Pinus palustris, Hypericum sp., Persea borbonia, Ilex coriacea
Comment: Plants in this area are multi-stemmed, deciduous, suckering, rhizomatous shrubs with a tendency toward widely spaced emergent upright stems with sparse branching. Plants are generally less than 1 meter tall. No leaves present as plants are dormant. Fruits are pomes, dark red, 7-12 mm in diameter, and somewhat translucent at maturity
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