DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Sea oats occurs along the mainland coast and barrier islands from
Northampton County, Virginia, through Florida [14].  It continues west
along the Gulf coast through Texas and south to Tabasco, Mexico [11].
It is also widely distributed in the Bahama islands and occurs on some
sandy areas of the northwestern coast of Cuba [2,4,10,21].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     AL  FL  GA  LA  MS  NC  SC  TX  VA  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CAHA  CALO  CUIS  EVER  GUIS  PAIS


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K078  Southern cordgrass prairie
   K090  Live oak - sea oats


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Sea oats is listed as a dominant in the following published
classification:  

Plant communities of Texas (Series level) [25]

Besides those listed in the Kuchler Plant Associations, common
associates of sea oats include beach purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum),
goatfoot morning glory (Ipomaea pes-caprae), railroad vine (Ipomaea
stolonifer), sea rocket (Cakile edentula), evening primrose (Oenothera
humifusa), beach spurge (Chamaesyce bombensis), beach sunflower
(Helianthus debilis), seashore-elder (Iva imbricata), beach dropseed
(Sporobolus virginicus), beach berry (Saevola plumieri), and bay cedar
(Suriana maritima) [3,15,23,26].

Related categories for Species: Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats