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` ^ <br />' <br />^ <br />, - ~ <br />The uVhhu$es assigned to each mapped polygon are provided in Table 5, <br />Characteristics of Habitat Pu/M7o/o wit/in Scrub -Jay Habitat {ony/eonatiom Areas. <br />The total calculated acreage for the mapped habitat pu|ygooscove/inA dhaSorub'Jay <br />Habitat Compensation Areas in645.8acres, The total xurveyoduomaUo for the same <br />area is reported to be 605.5� acres. Thumm/e' a 396 *nor in this unp{yoiu is <br />recognized, however it is considered insignificant as it mpmxoom nn "under - <br />compensation" of calculated mitigation acres, <br />wndor-ovmpensadun"ofoa|vu|medmiV0ohonounm. <br />Potential scrub -jay habitat is defined on the Scrub -Jay Habitat Compensation Areas <br />by the scrub habitat types: sand pine scrub, oak scrub, mumnuryumuh, and scrubby <br />Uatwnndo. 1tincludes the sand pine unmh and scrubby Matwouds which have become <br />forest <>8596 tree canopy oouad duo to the ohaonoo of period hm and habitat <br />fragmentation. Review of the historical imagery determined that /houo currently <br />forested scrub habitat areas exhibited suitable open scrub -jay habitat attributes in the <br />Putnntia|aroh-joy habitat also includes nmxu Uauwo"du within 328' <100m> of, and <br />pakneuv|yvniu ahmWaogs adjacent to, the delineated yomb habitat types. The <br />restoration and management of these manin habitat areas as potential scrub -jay <br />habitat must be considered uodorlhio HCP. Numerous studies have documented that <br />oomb-jay mnimhns aro not restricted to oak scrub ridges (Breioingar at a/ 1891' <br />1995. 1938u; Donconn/ut 1995; Bmin1ngor arid Oddy 1898). Figures 5' 7. ond 9' <br />have been color -enhanced /o facilitate rapid interpretation of the uauiqnod <br />As pnmamnd in Section 2.4.1 above, optimal F|ohdoacmb-jnv habitat (Fitzpatrick at <br />o< 1391; Dm1n|ngo/ 1992; Broiningere/al. 1895, 1996W occurs as patches of oak <br />scrub (focal habitat), embedded within alow and open mosiv shrub |ooUsnapo (matrix <br />habitats) (8ro|ningor at u< 1896W. Native matrix hab|,ow' principally manio pine <br />f|otwondoand dop,etmino marshes, are important components ofthe scrub |aodxuuyo <br />used by Florida scrub -jay (Be|ninger at a! 1935' 1988b). K8a/dx habitat areas <br />without somb oak and within approximately 1370' (800m) of ucmh oak were <br />documented by BmininUe, and Dddy <1398> to be hnAoonUv used by uombjoya. <br />These native matrix habitats provide prey species for Florida scrub -jays and habitat <br />for other species o/ conservation concern (Breioiogo, at a< 1$95. 1996b/ Suhmabu, <br />at o/ 1999). The high flammability of the ooVvo nnu/,i^ hahi,o(a often morvpx to <br />spread fire into the Un,mxismnt oak aomu hohimm <8mioio0m at a/. 1985, 1996W. <br />The matrix habitats provide habitat to Florida ocrub-jays during padndo of habitat <br />degradation n[the preferred oak scrub habitat (8,wininVorand Oddy1998). <br />The proximity u(hxesmand patches of tall shrubs greater than l acre, (0,4 hectare) <br />has been ahuvvn to have u negative impact on donlography <8m|nin0e/ e/ a/ 1995; <br />B,eining,,and Oddv 199O>.Tall vegetation reduces tile »c,oblwvoability ,oscan their <br />ounnuod|n3m for |vno'oixtunoen; /homhy i"c.,uai*y their vulnerability to n"admdqv by <br />woodland xavvka (VVooUm`d*n and Fitzpatrick 1984' Sohmnlmr n/ m1, 1994; <br />nw� <br />