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The Pine Log State Forest is in the U.S. state of Florida. The 6,911-acre (28 km 2) forest is located in the panhandle, near Ebro. It was established in 1936 and is Florida's oldest state forest. [1] Facilities and activities available include camping, swimming, fishing, boat ramp, picnicking, bicycling, horseback riding, hiking and nature ...
There are 38 state forests in Florida covering more than 1,058,000 acres. [1] The first state forest in Florida was Pine Log State Forest, established on 6,960 acres in 1936. Cary State Forest was established in 1937. [2] Blackwater River State Forest and Withlacoochee State Forest were added in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [1]
Areas of the national forest with dry, sandy soils support Florida longleaf pine sandhills and east Gulf coastal plain near-coast pine flatwoods. Sandhills are woodlands dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). Pine flatwoods are forests and woodlands on broad, sandy flatlands. Both of these pine communities are sustained by frequent fires ...
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The south Florida pine rockland is unique geographically. Southern Florida is located at the southern end of the temperate North American Floristic Region and at the northern end of the tropical Caribbean Floristic Region. [13] This location allows for the mixture of vegetation from two distinct areas at the extremes of their ranges. [14 ...
The Florida Trail is one of eleven National Scenic Trails in the United States, created by the National Trails System Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-543). [1] It runs 1,500 miles (2,400 km), [2] from Big Cypress National Preserve (between Miami and Naples, along the Tamiami Trail) to Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola Beach.
South Florida pine flatwoods at Honeymoon Island State Park. The south Florida pine flatwoods are a flatwoods forest community found in central and southern Florida, [1] ending north of Orlando. [2] They are dominant from just north of Lake Okeechobee southward, [3] sharing affinity with similar communities in the Caribbean. [4]
Pages in category "Florida state forests" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... Picayune Strand State Forest; Pine Log State Forest;