06 November 2022.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Growing along an unnamed dirt road leading to “Old Land Place” on the edge of Eglin AFB accessed from the Yellow River.
Coordinates: 30.5532, -86.9373
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Elevation: 2m.
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: Gaylussacia dumosa, Quercus geminata, Ilex vomitoria, Pteridium aquilinum, Smilax sp., Callicarpa americana, Chrysoma paucifloculosa, Rhododendron austrinum, Vitis sp. Ilex opaca, Arundinaria gigantea, Pieris phillyreifolia, Vaccinium elliottii, Lyonia lucida, Ilex coriacea, Clethra alnifolia, Acer trilobum, Symplocos tinctoria, Serenoa repens, Toxicodendron radicans, Hamamelis virginiana, Smilax pumila, Krigia sp., Magnolia virginiaiana, Magnolia grandiflora, Hypericum sp., Euonymus americanus, Quercus nigra, Vaccinium arboreum, Aronia arbutifolia, Clinopodium coccineum
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