Dunes and Maritime Forest
Samantha And Thaiz
Our Beachy Enviorment
Dunes and Maritime Forests can be located at the beautiful beach,the hot desert,or the mysterious forests.A dune is a hill of sand built by either wind or water flow.A Maritime Forest is an ocean coastal wooded habitat found on higher ground than dune areas within range of salt spray.Sandy sometimes mixed with calcium carbonate linear barrier islands and some other shorelines along coast; sandy capes typically contain parallel zones of upper beach, undulating foredune, transition or backdune, and stable dune, sloping upward and away from the water's edge.
Dunes and Maritime Forest
Dunes and Maritime Forests
Maritime Forest and Dunes
Abiotic Factors
- Wind and wave driven sand interact with pioneer grasses to build dunes
- Waves from hurricanes can destroy dunes
- Sun ( usually shady due to trees )
- Coastal Ecosystem
- Tends to be humid due to ocean
- Saltwater
- Sand
Biotic Factors
Birds
- Black Skimmer
- Willett
- SouthEastern Snowy Plover
- Laughing Gull
- American Oystercatcher
Plants
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Cabbage Palm
- Gumbo Limbo
- Hackberry
- Jamaican Dogwood
- Saw Palmetto
- Wax Myrtle
- Devil's Walking Stick
- Spanish Moss
Animals
- Gray Squirrel
Reptiles
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
willet
This beautiful bird is hard to distinguish from other shore birds,but as soon as you these them fly you know that they are willets from their beautiful wing patterns
laughing gull
This extremely cute bird has a very loud call that once you hear it you know what bird it is.Also they stay in florida all year round
grey squirrel
These are grey squirrels found all over florida.they like vuilding there
Dunes and Maritime Forests:Florida's Lifeblood
Maritime forests serve an important part in the barrier island ecosystem by: Stabilizing soil on the barrier island which reduces erosion.Providing hurricane protection. Providing important habitats for wildlife.Protecting and recharging freshwater for wildlife.Conserving ground water by reducing evaporation.Utilizing and recycling scarce nutrients in a relatively sterile environment.Serving a major part in the overall bar.Dunes play an important role both to the beaches that front them and the land behind them. Dunes act as a sand reserve for beaches. Dune systems act as a buffer between the high energy of the ocean and the land. Dunes provide a barrier to salt intrusion from high tides and storm surges, and it protects the land behind the dunes from erosion.
Human Impacts
Development of beach front with greatest impacts near Ft. Walton, Jacksonville, Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, and Clearwater St. Petersburg by the 90's nearly 20% of Florida's barrier islands had been developed exotic plants such as Australian pine, Brazilian pepper, and sisal are also a serious problem.
Classification of Diamond Back RattleSnake
Domain:
King:AnimaliaPhylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Crotalus
Species:C.Atrox
Florida's Lifeblood: Dunes and Maritime Forests
Dunes play an important role both to the beaches that front them and the land behind them. Dunes act as a sand reserve for beaches. Dune systems act as a buffer between the high energy of the ocean and the land. Dunes provide a barrier to salt intrusion from high tides and storm surges, and it protects the land behind the dunes