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? |