Florida Panhandle Lowlands Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland

Type:Association
Parent classification:Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak - Sand Live Oak Woodland
Scientific Name:Pinus palustris / Quercus minima / Aristida beyrichiana - Carphephorus odoratissimus Woodland
Location:United States (Florida)
Description:This subxeric community, with mesic flatwoods affinities, occurs in the Apalachicola Embayment region of the Florida Panhandle. The canopy is dominated by Pinus palustris, and the midstory is strongly dominated by Quercus laevis, but Quercus incana and Quercus hemisphaerica may also be present. The subshrub ground cover is remarkable in its mixture of typically sandhill and flatwoods species.
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Species

Name
Agalinis divaricata (pineland false foxglove)
Andropogon gyrans (Elliott's bluestem)
Andropogon ternarius (splitbeard bluestem)
Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge bluestem)
Angelica dentata (coastalplain angelica)
Anthenantia villosa
Aristida beyrichiana (Beyrich threeawn)
Aristida purpurascens (arrowfeather threeawn)
Aureolaria pectinata (combleaf yellow false foxglove)
Baptisia simplicifolia (scareweed)
Carphephorus odoratissimus (vanillaleaf)
Ceanothus microphyllus (littleleaf buckbrush)
Chamaecrista nictitans (partridge-pea)
Chrysopsis gossypina (cottony goldenaster)
Chrysopsis mariana (Maryland golden-aster)
Cnidoscolus stimulosus (finger rot)
Commelina erecta (whitemouth dayflower)
Crotalaria purshii (Pursh's rattlebox)
Crotalaria rotundifolia (rabbitbells)
Desmodium lineatum (sand ticktrefoil)
Dichanthelium aciculare (needleleaf rosette grass)
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Dichanthelium ovale
Dichanthelium strigosum (roughhair rosette grass)
Elephantopus elatus (tall elephantsfoot)
Endodeca serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
Eriogonum tomentosum (dogtongue buckwheat)
Eupatorium album (white thoroughwort)
Eupatorium compositifolium (Yankeeweed)
Galactia erecta (erect milkpea)
Galactia floridana (Florida milkpea)
Galactia microphylla (littleleaf milkpea)
Gaylussacia dumosa (dwarf huckleberry)
Gaylussacia nana (Confederate huckleberry)
Gelsemium sempervirens (evening trumpetflower)
Geobalanus oblongifolius (gopher apple)
Gymnopogon brevifolius (shortleaf skeletongrass)
Helianthus radula (rayless sunflower)
Hieracium gronovii (queendevil)
Houstonia procumbens (roundleaf bluet)
Hypericum microsepalum (flatwoods St. Johnswort)
Hypericum suffruticosum (pineland St. Johnswort)
Ilex glabra (inberry)
Ionactis linariifolia (flax-leaf ankle-aster)
Lespedeza repens (creeping lespedeza)
Liatris chapmanii (Chapman’s gayfeather)
Liatris gracilis (slender blazing star)
Liatris tenuifolia (shortleaf blazing star)
Lygodesmia aphylla (rose rush)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata
Osmanthus americanus (American olive)
Palafoxia integrifolia (coastal plain palafox)
Paspalum setaceum (narrow paspalum)
Pinus palustris (Georgia pine)
Pityopsis aspera (pineland silkgrass)
Pityopsis graminifolia (narrowleaf silkgrass)
Polygala nana (candyroot)
Pteridium aquilinum (northern bracken fern)
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum (dense-spike blackroot)
Quercus falcata (Southern Red 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 nigra (Water Oak)
Quercus pumila (running oak)
Rhynchosia reniformis (dollarleaf)
Rhynchospora grayi (Gray's beaksedge)
Ruellia caroliniensis var. cinerascens
Schizachyrium stoloniferum (creeping bluestem)
Scleria ciliata var. ciliata (fringed nutrush)
Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
Sericocarpus tortifolius (Dixie whitetop aster)
Seymeria cassioides (yaupon blacksenna)
Smilax auriculata (Earleaf Greenbrier)
Smilax pumila (sarsparilla vine)
Solidago odora (Chapman's goldenrod)
Sorghastrum secundum (lopsided Indiangrass)
Stillingia sylvatica (Queen's Delight)
Stylisma patens
Stylosanthes biflora (endbeak pencilflower)
Symphyotrichum adnatum (scaleleaf aster)
Symphyotrichum concolor (eastern silver aster)
Tephrosia chrysophylla (scurf hoarypea)
Tephrosia florida
Tragia smallii (Small's noseburn)
Tragia urens (wavyleaf noseburn)
Trichostema setaceum (narrowleaf bluecurls)
Vaccinium arboreum (farkleberry)
Vaccinium darrowii (Darrow's blueberry)
Vaccinium myrsinites (shiny blueberry)
Vernonia angustifolia (tall ironweed)
Viola septemloba (southern coastal violet)
Vitis rotundifolia (muscadine grape)

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