South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill

Type:Association
Parent classification:Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak - Sand Live Oak Woodland
Scientific Name:Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis / Aristida beyrichiana - Pterocaulon pycnostachyum Woodland
Location:United States (Florida)
Description:This association of northern and central peninsular Florida is characterized by a scattered Pinus palustris canopy with an Aristida beyrichiana-dominated ground layer; the subcanopy layer has Quercus laevis as the most abundant and constant species, with Quercus geminata and Quercus incana.
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Species

Name
Ageratina aromatica (lesser snakeroot)
Andropogon floridanus (Florida bluestem)
Andropogon gyrans (Elliott's bluestem)
Andropogon ternarius (splitbeard bluestem)
Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge bluestem)
Anthenantia villosa
Aristida beyrichiana (Beyrich threeawn)
Aristida condensata (piedmont threeawn)
Aristida purpurascens (arrowfeather threeawn)
Arnoglossum floridanum (Florida cacalia)
Asclepias cinerea (Carolina milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata (eastern whorled milkweed)
Asimina pygmaea (Dwarf pawpaw)
Asimina speciosa (woolly pawpaw)
Balduina angustifolia (coastal plain honeycombhead)
Berlandiera subacaulis (Florida Greeneyes)
Carphephorus corymbosus (coastal plain chaffhead)
Ceanothus microphyllus (littleleaf buckbrush)
Centrosema arenicola (pineland butterfly pea)
Centrosema virginianum (butterflypea)
Chamaecrista nictitans (partridge-pea)
Chapmannia floridana (Florida alicia)
Clitoria mariana (pidgeonwings)
Cnidoscolus stimulosus (finger rot)
Coleataenia anceps (beaked panicgrass)
Commelina erecta (whitemouth dayflower)
Crocanthemum carolinianum (Carolina frostweed)
Crocanthemum corymbosum (pinebarren frostweed)
Crotalaria purshii (Pursh's rattlebox)
Crotalaria rotundifolia (rabbitbells)
Croton argyranthemus (healing croton)
Dalea pinnata (summer farewell)
Desmodium floridanum (Florida ticktrefoil)
Desmodium strictum (pinebarren ticktrefoil)
Dichanthelium aciculare (needleleaf rosette grass)
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Dichanthelium ovale
Digitaria filiformis (slender crabgrass)
Diospyros virginiana (Persimmon)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia (oblongleaf snakeherb)
Elephantopus elatus (tall elephantsfoot)
Endodeca serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
Eragrostis refracta (field lovegrass)
Eriogonum tomentosum (dogtongue buckwheat)
Eryngium aromaticum (fragrant eryngo)
Eupatorium album (white thoroughwort)
Eupatorium compositifolium (Yankeeweed)
Galactia floridana (Florida milkpea)
Galactia volubilis
Geobalanus oblongifolius (gopher apple)
Gymnopogon ambiguus (bearded skeletongrass)
Helianthus radula (rayless sunflower)
Hieracium gronovii (queendevil)
Houstonia procumbens (roundleaf bluet)
Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew's cross)
Indigofera caroliniana (Carolina indigo)
Lechea sessiliflora (pineland pinweed)
Lespedeza hirta (hairy lespedeza)
Liatris pauciflora (fewflower blazing star)
Liatris tenuifolia (shortleaf blazing star)
Lygodesmia aphylla (rose rush)
Opuntia humifusa (pricklypear)
Palafoxia integrifolia (coastal plain palafox)
Paspalum setaceum (narrow paspalum)
Pediomelum canescens (Buckroot)
Physalis arenicola (cypresshead groundcherry)
Physalis walteri (Walter's groundcherry)
Pinus palustris (Georgia pine)
Piriqueta cistoides caroliniana (Pitted stripeseed)
Pityopsis graminifolia (narrowleaf silkgrass)
Polygala grandiflora
Polygonella gracilis (tall jointweed)
Pteridium aquilinum (northern bracken fern)
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum (dense-spike blackroot)
Quercus chapmanii (Chapman Oak)
Quercus geminata (sand live oak)
Quercus hemisphaerica (Darlington oak)
Quercus incana (bluejack oak)
Quercus laevis (American Turkey Oak)
Quercus margarettae (Dwarf Post Oak)
Rhynchosia reniformis (dollarleaf)
Rhynchospora grayi (Gray's beaksedge)
Rubus cuneifolius (sand blackberry)
Ruellia caroliniensis var. cinerascens
Salvia azurea (blue sage)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)
Scleria ciliata (fringed nutrush)
Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
Sericocarpus tortifolius (Dixie whitetop aster)
Silphium compositum (kidneyleaf rosinweed)
Sisyrinchium nashii (Nash's blue-eyed grass)
Sisyrinchium xerophyllum (jeweled blue-eyed grass)
Smilax auriculata (Earleaf Greenbrier)
Solidago odora (Chapman's goldenrod)
Sorghastrum secundum (lopsided Indiangrass)
Sporobolus junceus (pineywoods dropseed)
Stillingia sylvatica (Queen's Delight)
Stylisma patens
Stylosanthes biflora (endbeak pencilflower)
Symphyotrichum concolor (eastern silver aster)
Symphyotrichum dumosum (Small White Aster)
Tephrosia chrysophylla (scurf hoarypea)
Tephrosia florida
Tragia urens (wavyleaf noseburn)
Triplasis americana (perennial sandgrass)
Vaccinium arboreum (farkleberry)
Vaccinium darrowii (Darrow's blueberry)
Vaccinium stamineum (deerberry)
Vernonia angustifolia (tall ironweed)

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