05 December 2023.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Yellow River Wildlife Management Area, along DOF [Department of Forestry] Y15 dirt road 0.06 kilometers north of Fisher Old Mill Road.
Coordinates: 30.6273, -86.8382
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Elevation: 7m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Growing in part shade to sun in moist to wet flat woods of the longleaf pine forest. The woodland is comprised mostly of open habitat of longleaf pine and an understory tree and shrub layer of evergreen and deciduous species. There is also a wealth of herbaceous species in moist to wet conditions of the habitat where there is rich organic matter in the surface layer. Slope: 0 percent. Aspect: N/A. 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.) The primary soil types in the collection area are classified as Pactolus Loamy Sand soils (0 to 5 percent slopes). The Pactolus Series consists of very deep, moderately well to somewhat poorly drained soils. Permeability is rapid. These Coastal Plain soils, typically found with streams and marine terraces and were formed by loamy and sandy fluvial sediments and marine sediments. The strata is, generally, uniformly loamy sand that is very friable and strongly acid from the surface to a depth of 1.8 meters. (Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey.)
Number of plants sampled: 10
Associated species: Ilex glabra; Ilex coriacea; Symplocos tinctoria; Vaccinium darrowii; Quercus virginiana; Pteridium aquilinum; Vaccinium corymbosum; Andropogon sp.; Vaccinium arboreum; Gelsemium sempervirens; Kalmia hirsuta; Magnolia virginiana; Pinus palustris; Ilex opaca; Smilax sp.; Hypericum sp.; Persea palustris; Gaylussacia sp.; Clethra alnifolia; Vaccinium elliottii; Cyrilla racemiflora; Lycopodiella alopecuroides; Aronia arbutifolia; Rubus sp.; Cliftonia monophylla; Morella cerifera.
Comment: This species is typically a single-stemmed (occasionally multi-stemmed) deciduous tree with an upright irregular spreading to occasionally narrow crown. On this site however, plants are resprouting from recent fire that is part of a managed controlled burn program for the surrounding longleaf pine forest. Plants are mostly multi-stemmed and strongly upright, generally, about 2-4 meters tall as they resprout following the controlled burn 2-4 years before. Fruits are tiny ovoid sutured capsules borne terminally in panicles composed of arching-weeping racemes or secondary panicles. Plants are frequent in the open areas of the moist longleaf pine forest. Seeds collected from 10+ plants.
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