1,337
+/- acres located on the west side of SR 415 south of SR 44 with 1.38
+/- miles of frontage along SR 415. Existing uses of the property
include pasture, hay production, hunting and low intensity
silviculture. Several structures (agricultural and residential) are
situated on the property.
Pine flatwoods, including
mesic, wet and scrubby, is the dominant ecosystem on this property.
Other natural habitats include strand, basin and dome swamps. A small
portion of the natural habitats has been converted to pasture and a
borrow pit. Low intensity silviculture operations have been practiced
within the pine flatwoods over the last 40 years. While most of the
flatwoods have been replanted with slash pine, older longleaf, pond
and some minor amounts of sand pine are relatively common. These older
trees are good indicators as to past flatwood conditions. The
understory of the flatwoods is generally comprised of gallberry,
various oaks, palmetto, fetterbush, wiregrass and numerous herbaceous
species.
Bald and pond cypress dominate the various
swamps. Other dominant groundcover species, which commonly occur,
include maidencane, St. John’s wort and yellow-eyed grass. The water
quality of the borrow pit on the northern edge of the property appears
to be good. Some small patches of cattails and maidencane are found
along the shoreline.
