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Plant Diversity

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How many native and naturalized vascular plant species are there in Florida?
Where are the biotic hotspots of Florida?
What is the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, and what is FNAI's Biodiversity Matrix tool?
represents a plant assemblage that always exhibits similar total species composition and vegetation structure and that occurs repeatedly across the landscape, wherever certain habitat conditions exist
a large geographically defined area that have relatively constant climate and geology and that support distinctive groups of species and ecological communites
What eroregion is the florida panhandle located in?
what ecoregion is the florida peninsula
In what ecoregion does the nature conservancy place the FLorida panhandle
How many plant taxa are endemic to the East Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion?
How many plant taxa are endemic to the Florida Peninsula ecoregion
physical geography ie/ description of the Earths surface
Is the peninsula a distinctive part of the coastal plain
Is the panhandle a distinctive part of the coastal plain
Western highlands, and tallahasse hills
Marianna Lowlands
landscape of distinctive dissolution patterns often maked undergound drainanges. Where the bedrock has a soluble layer or layers, usually, but not always of carbonate rock such as limestone or dolornite
How does Florida's highest point compare to that of other states?
low wave action leads to this formation
high wave action leads to this formation
year to year persistence of weather patterns over time at a particular place
How does the ocean affect the state's climate and the distribution of its species
How much precipitatiopn does the FLorida Panhandle receive relative to the rest of the nation?
When is the peak of lightening ignited fire in florida?
When are fires most prevelant?
What are the major community types of Panhandle?
In what physiographic regions of the panhandle do we see these major community types today?
What human activites have changed each of these community types
Temperate Hardwood Forests. Have multi-layered overstory, a discrete understory, and sparse ground cover. In peninsula, less layered overstory
upland savanna like ecosystem typified by an open overstory of longleaf pine and ground cover of perennial grasses ( wiregrass) and forbs interspersed with deciduous slonal oaks largest forest type of the southeastern coastal plain
dominated by longleaf pine, but are found on low flat topography with relatively poorly drained soils. deciduous oaks are absent
forested wetlands, 1/2 the state originally covered by swamps and marshes
in longleaf pines where the meristem is protected by dense tuft of long, moisture laden needles. it is building a deep taproot
Species located in the South Hammock
most fire tolerant of the southern pines. will live in a grass stage for 10 years. bark is of scaly plates that insulate the trunk and flake off as they burn. have the largest seeds
most common component of the deciduous oaks in the groundcover. because of reduced fire frequences after logging, most high pine sites are today dominated by this rather than pine
ground cover in high pine consits of this bunch grass which forms a flammable matrix for the low shrubs and other herbs
Species prevelant in flatwoods
Fire is relatively common in some types of swamps and plays a role in determining the type of swamp at a site
Species that depend on fire for regeneration
most common wetland tree in FL. need fluctuating water levels and periodic drought
Where are the hammocks
Where are the Flatwoods
Where are swamps located
Where are high pines located?
Weakening in pollen wall, so that the pollen tube can break through
Where are magnolia located?
Where is the American beech located
Wher is the dogwood located
Where is the american holly located?
gopherwood is located?
Florida yew is located?
where is the longleaf pine located
Gopher Oak is located?
Longleaf pines are located
saw palmettos are located?
cypress is located in?

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