Cypress-hardwood Swamp

Slash and longleaf pine dominate smaller areas with natural pines. The understory consists of gallberry, wiregrass and saw palmetto. These areas have previously been thinned and burned. Selective thinning will create openings that encourage existing longleaf pine regeneration. Frequent burning will keep these flatwoods open and grassy and promote the return of species such as the telephus spurge (Euphorbia telephioides), a federally threatened plant once found at Box-R.

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