Western Florida Panhandle Xeric Lowland Sandhill Longleaf Pine Woodland

Type:Association
Parent classification:Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak - Sand Live Oak Woodland
Scientific Name:Pinus palustris / Quercus geminata / Conradina canescens / Aristida beyrichiana Woodland
Location:United States (Florida)
Description:This xeric sandhill association is restricted to coarse sands in lowland areas of the western Florida Panhandle within a few miles of the Gulf Coast; the canopy is dominated by Pinus palustris with a midstory composed of equal parts Quercus laevis, Quercus incana, and Quercus geminata.
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Species

Name
Andropogon capillipes (chalky bluestem)
Andropogon gyrans (Elliott's bluestem)
Andropogon ternarius (splitbeard bluestem)
Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge bluestem)
Aristida beyrichiana (Beyrich threeawn)
Aristida mohrii (Mohr's threeawn)
Aristida purpurascens (arrowfeather threeawn)
Asclepias cinerea (Carolina milkweed)
Balduina angustifolia (coastal plain honeycombhead)
Baptisia lanceolata (gopherweed)
Carphephorus odoratissimus (vanillaleaf)
Ceanothus microphyllus (littleleaf buckbrush)
Chamaecrista nictitans (partridge-pea)
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa (woody goldenrod)
Chrysopsis godfreyi (Godfrey's goldenaster)
Chrysopsis gossypina hyssopifolia (cottony goldenaster)
Cnidoscolus stimulosus (finger rot)
Commelina erecta (whitemouth dayflower)
Conradina canescens (false rosemary)
Crocanthemum corymbosum (pinebarren frostweed)
Croton argyranthemus (healing croton)
Dichanthelium aciculare (needleleaf rosette grass)
Dichanthelium angustifolium (cypress panicgrass)
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Dichanthelium ensifolium
Dichanthelium ovale
Dichanthelium sabulorum (hemlock rosette grass)
Eriogonum tomentosum (dogtongue buckwheat)
Eupatorium compositifolium (Yankeeweed)
Euthamia caroliniana
Gaillardia aestivalis (lanceleaf blanketflower)
Galactia floridana (Florida milkpea)
Galactia microphylla (littleleaf milkpea)
Gaylussacia dumosa (dwarf huckleberry)
Geobalanus oblongifolius (gopher apple)
Helianthus radula (rayless sunflower)
Hypericum gentianoides (pinweed st. johnswort)
Ilex glabra (inberry)
Ilex vomitoria (yaupon)
Ionactis linariifolia (flax-leaf ankle-aster)
Juncus biflorus (grassleaf rush)
Juncus marginatus (grassleaf rush)
Krameria lanceolata (spreading ratany)
Lechea minor (thymeleaf pinweed)
Lespedeza repens (creeping lespedeza)
Liatris chapmanii (Chapman’s gayfeather)
Liatris pauciflora (fewflower blazing star)
Liatris provincialis (Godfrey's blazing star)
Lupinus villosus (lady lupine)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata
Opuntia humifusa (pricklypear)
Panicum virgatum (old switch panic grass)
Paronychia erecta (squareflower)
Paronychia patula (pineland nailwort)
Paspalum setaceum (narrow paspalum)
Pinus clausa (Florida spruce pine)
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii (Honduras pine)
Pinus palustris (Georgia pine)
Pityopsis aspera (pineland silkgrass)
Polygala nana (candyroot)
Polygala polygama (bitter milkwort)
Polygonella gracilis (tall jointweed)
Polygonella polygama (October flower)
Quercus chapmanii (Chapman Oak)
Quercus geminata (sand live oak)
Quercus hemisphaerica (Darlington oak)
Quercus incana (bluejack oak)
Quercus laevis (American Turkey Oak)
Quercus minima (Dwarf Live Oak)
Quercus myrtifolia (myrtle oak)
Quercus pumila (running oak)
Rhexia alifanus (savannah meadowbeauty)
Rhexia mariana (Maryland meadowbeauty)
Rhynchospora globularis (globe beaksedge)
Rhynchospora grayi (Gray's beaksedge)
Rhynchospora intermedia (pine barren beaksedge)
Rhynchospora megalocarpa (sandyfield beaksedge)
Ruellia caroliniensis var. cinerascens
Schizachyrium sanguineum (crimson bluestem)
Schizachyrium stoloniferum (creeping bluestem)
Schizachyrium tenerum (slender bluestem)
Scleria ciliata (fringed nutrush)
Scleria pauciflora (Carolina nutrush)
Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
Sericocarpus tortifolius (Dixie whitetop aster)
Seymeria cassioides (yaupon blacksenna)
Seymeria pectinata (piedmont blacksenna)
Silphium compositum (kidneyleaf rosinweed)
Smilax auriculata (Earleaf Greenbrier)
Smilax pumila (sarsparilla vine)
Solidago odora (Chapman's goldenrod)
Sophronanthe hispida (rough hedgehyssop)
Sorghastrum secundum (lopsided Indiangrass)
Sporobolus floridanus (Florida dropseed)
Sporobolus junceus (pineywoods dropseed)
Stillingia sylvatica (Queen's Delight)
Stylisma patens
Stylosanthes biflora (endbeak pencilflower)
Symphyotrichum concolor (eastern silver aster)
Tephrosia chrysophylla (scurf hoarypea)
Tragia smallii (Small's noseburn)
Tragia urens (wavyleaf noseburn)
Triplasis americana (perennial sandgrass)
Vaccinium arboreum (farkleberry)
Vaccinium darrowii (Darrow's blueberry)
Vitis rotundifolia (muscadine grape)
Xyris caroliniana (Carolina yelloweyed grass)

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