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x Deciduous Aerial View of Autumn Forest Colors Deciduous Forest concept
Deciduous means falling off at maturity or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off) and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures...
x Hickory Hickory07103 Oak-hickory forest
Trees in the genus Carya (from Ancient Greek κάρυον "nut") are commonly known as Hickory. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts. A dozen species are native to North America (11–12 in the...
x Oak Quercus robur Oak-hickory forest
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (pronounced /ˈkwɜrkəs/; Latin "oak tree"), of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus. The genus is native to the northern...
Florida scrub
Pine-oak forest concept
x Shrub Cytisus scoparius2 Shrubland
A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m (15-20 ft) tall. A large number of plants can be either shrubs or...
Florida scrub
x Sand Pine Sand Pine forest Florida scrub
The Sand Pine or Sandhill Pine (Pinus clausa) is a small, often shrubby tree from 5–10 m (16–33 ft), exceptionally to 21 m (69 ft) tall, found in two separate locations, one across central peninsular Florida, and the other in the western Florida...
x Wildfire Bitterroot National Forest wildfire Florida scrub
A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Reflecting the type of vegetation or fuel, other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, vegetation fire, and...
Longleaf Pine
x Pine Pinus pinaster Pine-oak forest concept
Pines are coniferous trees in the genus Pinus (pronounced /ˈpaɪnəs/), in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
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