Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province (Phytogeography 🌱)
The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain province is a coastal plain floristic province within the North American Atlantic Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom. It lies to the east and south of the Appalachian province […]
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province (Phytogeography 🌱)
The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain province is a coastal plain floristic province within the North American Atlantic Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom. It lies to the east and south of the Appalachian province […]
Historically speaking, did the Gulf and Atlantic barrier islands have fire at all like the mainland southeast? I'm curious because they do seem to have similar plants that are fire-dependent. Did hurricanes take care of it instead?
They did and still do, probably not any less often than they did presettlement, at least on the ones that have not been developed. There are lots of heliophytic plants out there but not any that come to mind that I would call "fire-dependent." Deep sterile sandy soils, saline overwash, hurricanes, etc. all help keep them open. Fires happen occasionally but in many of the upland habitats fuels are too patchy for them to travel far under normal lightning season conditions.
I asked about the role of fire in southeastern US barrier islands and I got an interesting response. I was expecting some sort of mechanism to keep them open other than fire, just wasn't sure what it was. #Southeast #US #CoastalPlains #BarrierIslands #Fire #Hurricanes #Biodiversity
As a non-plant person exclusively focused on native habitats, I simp hard for this species. #NativePlants #CoastalPlains #USSouth #AmericanBeautyberry #CallicarpaAmericana #ImportantSpecies #PioneerSpecies #OpenCanopy #FireEcology #MississippiFlora
All this annoying and excessive rain wreaking havoc on my health has had at least one good effect: Making my native plant patch grow tremendously! It's really taking off now. #NativePlants #NativeGarden #Mississippi #SouthMS #CoastalPlains
