DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus clausa | Sand Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The Ocala variety grows in the Florida Peninsula, and the Choctawhatchee
variety grows in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama.  On the
peninsula, sand pine occurs from Tampa to Naples on the Gulf Coast and
from St. Augustine to Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic Coast.  A few
stands also occur on off-shore islands.  The largest stand of sand pine
is in the Big Shrub Complex of the Ocala National Forest in
north-central Florida [1,2,16].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine


STATES : 
     AL  FL


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
NO-ENTRY


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   69  Sand pine
   70  Longleaf pine
   71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
   84  Slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Sand pine is dominant in the Florida Scrub community type.  A published
classification listing sand pine as dominant in community types (cts) is
presented below:

Area                    Classification                  Authority

FL                      gen. forest cts                 Waggoner 1975

Related categories for Species: Pinus clausa | Sand Pine