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40 <br />� <br />undomtory dominated by oumb oaks KJuoouo gm^ifluox 0. o/uPfrmnii Ci <br />my/tifolla>' owy8erbum11' torUnmmr (Bolarii)nvomnvxu` eavv pu|mouo' shiny blueberry <br />y� <br />(uaocirriunonynun/'es)' and boOp|om (>0mmnia anericano). A diversity of herbaceous <br />ground cover species is found within this habitat type, including: hnok rush <br /></Vxwcboonooa /nngalomxpx>, silk grass Wityo»ai,,�Dm/nirlifb&e}. gopher apple (Licania <br />i, oichx«vit)prickly | (Opunfla hon7if\so)h|udn8 star (Lia/ns spp.), doer <br />spp.) and Florida nosvmu'v (Cu,a'wm m".==^) are also associated with this scrub <br />habitat. scrub |n �onubam Unit 17 amx» are associated <br />+...." . � . <br />with the nearly level to gently sluping, modmam|y+wn| drained Archbold and Pome|o <br />` <br />� <br />The vegetative structure ~ ^~`--------itat— --occurring withinresponse to time since fire and surrounding hurnan-induced disturbances. '. <br />Some oftile <br />� <br />oak scrub habitat within the Unit 17 Gomb-Jay Habitat Compensation amao /s | <br />� nurrenVy unsuitable for use by scrub -jays duo to a donne pine canopy, overgrown <br />shrub stratum, and absence cfopen patches nfsand. These areas uoo be restored to <br />` <br />optimal scrub -jay habitat conditions byapplication of appropriate habitat restoration <br />strategies. A small patch of the oak scrub habitat remaining in Unit 17 on arid <br />b <br />' <br />adjoining the Pelican |u|und 8omonmry Snbon| compensation area exhibits m op ma| <br />^ <br />scrub -jay habitat uondidon», e.g. xyonao pine 000npy cover arid m low, open nhmh <br />. ' <br />community. The scrub habitat types occurring within the Unit 17 ITP impact area and <br />~_ Go/ubJmyHab|tut Compensation Areas have not been managed in 'hn past. As part `^ <br />of on environmental education program at Pelican Island E|omeNum School, the <br />� <br />School District authorized the DDF to conduct u prescribed hu,n of dlo oak scrub . <br />.~ habitat within the Pelican Island Elementary Sohpv\ compensation area (R. De8mio <br />pers. comm,). This prescribed burn was successfully imp|omnnmd in the Spring 1899 <br />_ <br />Habitat types defined on the Sebastian HCP Scrub -Jay Habitat Compensation Areas <br />include: sand pine, oak scrub, mnomaryso,vh, somhhyUotwno0n. mesio Uutwmndu, <br />— no|noouo1yoniauhruWand, disturbed lands, depression marsh, arid inland spmmn. The <br />. <br />scrub habitat types are: sand pine uo/ob, oak scrub, rosemary xoruu' and scrubby <br />Uotwouuo. Each u/these habitat types have formed ioassociation v"ithoomovvho/ <br />— <br />poorly drained to oxceooivo|v drained soil types, and exhibit ecmh oak vegetative. <br />cover component ranging from 596 to >50Y6. <br />~~ <br />The mexiomatrix habitat mosir oawvoudn and pahno|m ahmbbnd. Those <br />natural communities are associated with poorly drained soils and exhibit |aas than <br /><� <br />5V6scrub oak cover, <br />r <br />The disturbed habitat types am those emao altered by anthropogenic activities arid <br />are presently infested by Brazilian pepper (3chbiurtere»inthforlivs) and/or covered by <br />wild grape vine (V7th/xppl. The disturbed habitat areas were found to occur o^ both <br />xeric arid m*uiosoil types. <br />44 <br />