Common use of Mesic Pine Flatwoods Clause in Contracts

Mesic Pine Flatwoods. Mesic Pine Flatwoods occur as open forests of scattered pines with a moderate to dense ground cover of grasses (principally wiregrass) and forbs, with a low stratum of sometimes dense saw palmetto and other low shrubs. An understory is limited to a few shrubs and shrub oaks?). Mesic pine flatwoods occur on nearly level topography with moderately to poorly drained acidic sands, often overlaying hardpan or clay subsoil. The dominant canopy species is usually slash pine or longleaf pine. Both pines may be present, but the occurrence of both together is restricted to second-growth pinewoods. The shrub species of the ground cover may be more conspicuous than the herbaceous species, except during the early period following a fire. The community type and its species are fire dependent. Because of the historic land use as plantation the restored communities may retain some of the characteristic of bedding; however, these topographic disturbances will gradually erode to a level topography. It is likely that slightly different plant associations will be present on the beds and furrows, but groundcover shall be native and appropriate to the overall community and function to ▇▇▇▇▇ fire. In order to be determined to be successful, the bed and furrow topography shall not convey waters in such a way as to drain the site.