Scrub and Scrubby Flatwoods

Halpatiokee Regional Park, Stuart, Martin County


scrub and flatwoods
As you might expect, Halpatiokee Regional Park is largely on wet side when it comes to habitat, but it does have a bit of dry as well. The cut area in the foreground is scrub-like, a collection of small, shrubby oaks, saw palmetto, staggerbush and fetterbush that has been reduced to mulch. Beyond you see scrubby flatwoods, a scattering of slash pines with a scrubby understory. Continue westward and you'll come to Interstate 95, which is one big reason why that mulch exists. More on this at our next stop.

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