Florida Sand Pine Scrub

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Florida Sand Pine Scrub (WWF ecoregion NA0513) View National Geographic WildWorld profile,(WildWorld home), View WWF Wildfinder animal species list (WildFinder home)

Archbold Biological Station, central Florida (c) 2008 Kari Segraves

Source of bioregions data: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.

Distinctiveness (1=highest,4=lowest): 1 (globally outstanding)
This is Florida's most distinctive habitat with about half of the species endemic to the ecoregion. Species must be able to survive in the dry, sandy environment. *

Conservation Status (1=most endangered, 5=most intact): 1 (critical)
The ecoregion itself is very small and only about 10 percent remains intact. Urbanization and the development of citrus groves is responsible for much of the loss and fire suppression results in the conversion to other habitat types.*

Characteristic species* Pinus palustris (longleaf pine) (c) 2005 Lisa Kelly

Associated habitats

Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia

* Ricketts, T.H., E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, et al. (1999) Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment. World Wildlife Fund - United States and Canada. Island Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 268-271.