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The Southern Plains ecoregion was once covered by a variety of forest communities that included trees of longleaf pine, slash pine, pond pine, beech, sweetgum, southern magnolia, white oak, and laurel oak.
Now, the land cover in the region is now mostly slash and loblolly pine with oak-gum-cypress forest in some low lying areas, sizable citrus groves in Florida, pasture for beef cattle, and large urban areas.
Southern Plains Information:
Description:
The Southern Coastal Plain ecoregion consists of mostly flat plains, but it is a heterogeneous region containing barrier islands, coastal lagoons, marshes, and swampy lowlands along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. However, in Florida, an area of discontinuous highlands contains numerous lakes.
This ecoregion is lower in elevation with less relief and wetter soils than the Southeastern Plains (12M) just inland from the Southern Coastal plains. This ecoregion has a warmer climate, more heterogeneous (more diverse in soil, fauna and flora), and has a longer growing season and coarser textured soils than the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain (12N).
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Coastal Plains
The Ancients
First Wayƒarer
The Earth
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Canaveral National Seashore
The Modern Man
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Kennedy Space Center
The Steps
Steps Afoot
Florida Footpath Journey Index
Steps Afield
Florida Roadpath Journey Index
The Appendixes
Fort Pickens Campground (30.3216927, -87.2753891)
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