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Ca mnredensive Plan Caasila] Man aeemen t Elemient <br />• Alatwloods <br />The flatwlood ecollagilcial cammunity ccnsists oftwlo subcommuniticis, South Fdariida(pin(i) flatwlood,i <br />and cabbages palm flatwlood,i. Balh acimmunitia,i ara found in arcias with a ncilatiucilyl flat toplograplhly <br />and ane usuaaly inlermiixed wilhl othcir communities, mck as frcishlwatar wdlaric s. <br />• Shrub Bogs/Bay Swarnpl,i <br />Shrub bogs/r Ery swarrl:Is arca all so assocualeid with Elaric a f. atwaod areas. These ciammuniticis aiie <br />ulsuallly sustained byl ,icieiplage from surraunding, slightly) clevcalad land. Gcincnlallly, cmenlgzeen trees <br />and shrubs dominate thci,ici continually wet arcias, and often plrcivnidu important flnci bufferls to <br />adjoining swamps. <br />• Sand Pine / Meriia Scrulb <br />This eco:log.'lcial community :is most often rlecagmjzed by an even-ageid sand plina td eie canoplyl wilhl a <br />dense undarstoryl of oaks, saw plalmetlo and other shrubs. Sand pilr.lcis vequirle initcnse Meat, such xi <br />periodic fllcias, to oplenl lhlcurl cior.lcis and ncilease sciad,i, aKrIlain:ing the occurrienua of auenraged trecis. <br />Iypicallyb sand pline shnlb/xaric scrub communidies conlsim oft sand pline, with bluejacU, myrtle, <br />clhlapman and sand oaks, in addition to goplhlerl alplplle, dwarf hluckllabc Ml, ,iaw plalmatto and pIrickly <br />plaar ciactus. <br />Id Indian River Counity, the sand pline/xeric scrub comnrlumity is often associialad with the South) <br />Prang area ofllhle St. Sebastian Rimer. This ciommunity is also lociatud allong lhlu At:lanlic Coastal <br />Sand Ridge and lhla Ten M:ila Ridge. Both) ridgas acre reciognized as baing :important natural <br />grounldwalerl acluifhci rlecl ange areas fors lhlei surficiad "shlalllciw" aquifer. <br />Flrleshlwalerl Wetlands <br />VMatllaric s ara areas whara water is tha primary fticitori controlling the micro-env:inonmenl and the <br />alssoci ated pllanil and aniimal Iii fl;i. In corder 1 a be acnsiderad a wel l and, an arcia must hava cine on mode <br />afIthe following altributes: <br />➢ lhla llaric supgplorts plrledom:inanllyl hyoropoytcis; <br />➢ ]hla substrate is plradominlantlly undvained EINdric soil; <br />the substrate is non- soil and is saturated with waled or acivlarad bywater al some time during <br />aaah Nparlly growing sciason. <br />Byldrloplhlytes arca gencrallyl descuibed as pllanls whl:ic�l aan lolerlatci viariious c cigi aes of floodinig. 'Mei <br />fblllowing pgalustnlnci (fr(ishlwalterl) wetland comm unitieis aneplrlesend within the Coastal Zone oflIndiani <br />Ri meal Cciunty: wet plrlaJiria,i, marsh )cis, p fonds, sloe gh s, shrub bog,Vbayl swarnpls and fbrusl ed wd1l an ds. <br />Cum muinit)l De-veluAlmcint Dep�irtmeint Inc 11 an Riven Countyl 111 <br />