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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Baccharis halimifolia | Groundsel-Tree
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Groundsel-tree grows along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America from Texas to Massachusetts. It is most common on the southeastern Coastal Plain, growing as far inland as Arkansas and the central Piedmont Plateau. It grows in penninsular Florida, Mexico, and the West Indies as well [5,6,7,15]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES12 Longleaf - slash pine FRES13 Loblolly - shortleaf pine FRES14 Oak - pine FRES16 Oak - gum - cypress FRES41 Wet grasslands STATES : CT DE FL GA MD MA NJ NY NC RI SC TX MEXICO ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : ASIS BICY BITH BISC CACO CAHA CALO COLO COSW CUIS EVER FIIS FOCA GATE GUIS BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : NO-ENTRY KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : K078 Southern cordgrass prairie K080 Marl - everglades K090 Live oak - sea oats K091 Cypress savanna K092 Everglades K105 Mangrove K112 Southern mixed forest K113 Southern floodplain forest K114 Pocosin K116 Subtropical pine forest SAF COVER TYPES : 71 Longleaf pine 81 Loblolly pine 82 Loblolly pine - hardwood 85 Slash pine - hardwood 89 Live oak 98 Pond pine 101 Baldcypress SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : Detailed descriptions of groundsel-tree plant communities are lacking. When present, overstory associates include loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), longleaf pine (P. palustris), and slash pine (P. elliottii) [12]. Common understory associates include marsh elder (Iva frutescens), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) [23].

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