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Mapped Type Name Brief Description Area (HA) Area (AC) Percent Samples Samples
This type mainly represents areas that are in recovery from past timber management in
the modern landscape, but could not be identified as plantations based on data from
West Gulf Coastal 2000 - 2012. Loblolly, or less commonly, shortleaf pines are a major component,
Plain: Pine - together with species such as white oak, southern red oak, post oak, hickory species, 18,967.6 46,869.8 0.105% 5 3
Hardwood Forest
water oak, sweetgum, and sugar hackberry. Common understory species include
farkleberry, American beautyberry, flowering dogwood, and hophornbeam.

In the modern landscape, this type most commonly represents planted loblolly, or less
frequently, shortleaf pine stands, but these areas could not be identified as pine
West Gulf Coastal plantations based on data from 2000 - 2012. Stands were relatively mature at the time 6,909.1 17,072.8 0.038% 0 0
Plain: Pine Forest of data acquisition (circa 2012). Pines are overwhelmingly dominant, and trees such as
white oak, southern red oak, sweetgum, water oak, and sugar hackberry may be
present.

This type is mapped over more or less deep sands and common trees include post oak,
West Gulf Coastal blackjack oak, water oak, southern red oak, and hickory species. Shortleaf pine may
Plain: Sandhill Oak also be a component. On the deepest sands, bluejack oak may be a component, and 2,209.2 5,459.0 0.012% 0 0
Woodland open stands may include herbaceous cover with species such as pinweed, Florida
snake-cotton, southern jointweed, and Alabama supplejack.

This type is mapped over more or less deep sands and shortleaf pine is a primary
West Gulf Coastal overstory component. Other trees may include post oak, blackjack oak, water oak,
Plain: Sandhill southern red oak, and hickory species. On the deepest sands, bluejack oak may be a 73.3 181.2 0.000% 0 0
Shortleaf Pine component, and open stands may include herbaceous cover with species such as
Woodland
pinweed, Florida snake-cotton, southern jointweed, and Alabama supplejack.

West Gulf Coastal These areas were essentially unvegetated during all seasons at the time of data
Plain: Small Stream acquisition (circa 2012), and may represent river-scoured islands and stream edges. 18.6 46.1 0.000% 0 0
Barrens

This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and
commonly represents successional shrublands or young woodlands in pastures. These
West Gulf Coastal areas could not be confirmed as clear-cuts based on data from 2000 to 2012. Common
Plain: Small Stream species may include winged elm, sugar hackberry, honeylocust, baccharis species, and 737.7 1,822.9 0.004% 0 0
Deciduous Shrubland
possumhaw. Species such as common buttonbush and river birch may occur near
stream edges.

West Gulf Coastal This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers where
loblolly pine is the prevailing dominant. These stands are commonly the result of past
Plain: Small Stream timber management, but these areas could not be identified as former clear-cuts based 667.8 1,650.2 0.004% 0 0
Evergreen Woodland on satellite remote sensing data from 2000 to 2012. Common associated trees include
and Shrubland
sweetgum, water oak, ash species, and elm species.

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