{"id":1884,"date":"2020-02-26T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/?page_id=1884"},"modified":"2021-12-18T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:59:43","slug":"sandhills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/longleaf\/explore\/longleaf-habitats\/sandhills\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandhills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t
Habitat Types<\/a><\/h5>\n

Sandhills Habitat<\/h1>\n\t

Characterized by sandy ridges of loose sand that starts in southern Virginia and runs through west Georgia at about 500 to 600 feet above sea level. A few isolated sandridges exist on the Florida panhandle and peninsula. Longleaf Pine sandhills are characterized as a forest of widely spaced pine trees with a fire-stunted understory of deciduous (scrub) oaks and a sparse ground cover of grasses and herbs. Today, sandhill longleaf sites make of some of the largest acreages of remaining longleaf pine habitat (despite comprising roughly 10% of the original landscape). Sandhills habitat depend on fire every 5-7 years to maintain a healthy ecosystem.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"sandhills\"\n

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Plant & Legume Species<\/h5>\n\t\t

Orange-Fringed Orchids<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"orangefringedorchid\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\tPlatanthera ciliaris<\/i>\nSecure
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Ware’s Hairsedge<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"hairsedge\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\nBulbostylis warei<\/i>\n

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Pixie Moss<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"pixiemoss\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

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Carolina Indigo<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Carolina\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\tIndigofera caroliniana<\/em>
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Bird species<\/h5>\n\t\t

Screech Owl<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"eastern-screech-owl-3526934_1280\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

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Northern Bobwhite<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Northern_Bobwhite_Quail\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

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Pine Warbler<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"pine-warbler\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

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Red-Cockaded Woodpecker<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"RCW\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

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Reptile & Amphibian Species<\/h5>\n\t\t

Eastern Indigo Snake<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"IndigoSnake\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

Vulnerable<\/p>\nExplore this Species<\/a>\t\t\n\t\t

Pine Woods Treefrog<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"PinewoodTreefrog\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\tDryophytes femoralis<\/i>\nSecure
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Gopher Tortoise<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"gophertortoise\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

Vulnerable<\/p>\nExplore this Species<\/a>\t\t\n\t\t

Six-Lined Racerunner<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"6linedRacerunner\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\tAspidoscelis sexlineata<\/i>\nSecure
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Mammal Species<\/h5>\n\t\t

Gray Fox<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Gray_Fox_DSC6870\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n

Secure<\/p>\nExplore this Species<\/a>\t\t\n\t\t

Hoary Bat<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"hoarybat\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\nVulnerable
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SE Pocket Gopher<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"se-Pocket-gopher\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\nGeomys pinetis<\/i>\nSecure
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Hispid Cotton Rat<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"HispidCottonRat\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\nSigmodon hispidus<\/i>\n

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Habitat Types Sandhills Habitat Characterized by sandy ridges of loose sand that starts in southern Virginia and runs through west Georgia at about 500 to 600 feet above sea level. A few isolated sandridges exist on the Florida panhandle and peninsula. Longleaf Pine sandhills are characterized as a forest of widely spaced pine trees with […]<\/p>\n

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