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2. Florida scrub - Wikipedia

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   Florida scrub is a forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrubs and dwarf oaks. Because the low-nutrient sandy soils do not retain moisture, the ecosystem is effectively an arid one.

3. Florida peninsula inland scrub - Wikipedia

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   Endangered plants of the Florida scrub include Florida golden aster (Chrysopsis floridana), Ashe's savory (Calamintha ashei), pygmy fringetree (Chionanthus pygmaeus), sandlace (Polygonum dentoceras), scrub plum (Prunus geniculata), short-leaved false rosemary (Conradina brevifolia), etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia), yellow scrub balm ...

4. Lupinus aridorum - Wikipedia

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   The Florida scrub is an ecosystem which depends on a normal regime of periodic wildfires for maintenance. Fire is largely prevented today in an effort to protect property, so the scrub lands become overgrown and plants, such as the lupine, that require open, bare spots for sunlight become shaded out.

5. Shrubland - Wikipedia

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   Low shrubland in Hawaii Scrub vegetation with cactus in Webb County in south Texas Mediterranean shrubland in Sardinia, Italy. Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result ...

6. Ecology of Florida - Wikipedia

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   Scrub: Scrub consists of various sand pines, dwarf oaks, Florida rosemary, palmettos, and other evergreen and xerophytic plants on sandy, nutrient-poor soil. This ecosystem is prone to and maintained by infrequent wildfires. Scrub plants tend to have extensive root systems close to the surface. [14]

7. Balm-Boyette Scrub Nature Preserve - Wikipedia

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   The Balm-Boyette Scrub Nature Preserve is a 5,723-acre (2,316 ha) preserve located in Hillsborough County, Florida. [1] It was purchased through joint funding from the County's Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) and the State of Florida's Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) Program. While it consists largely of ...

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   AOL Mail welcomes Verizon customers to our safe and delightful email experience!

9. Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub - Wikipedia

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   Many of the plants are pyrophytes, or fire-loving, adapted or even depending on fire for reproduction, recycling of nutrients, and the removal of dead or senescent vegetation. In both the Australian and Californian Mediterranean-climate eco-regions, native peoples used fire extensively to clear brush and trees, making way for the grasses and ...