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    Florida 4-H Forest Ecology

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    Wildlife Use

    A wide variety of wildlife depends on the longleaf pine-turkey oak ecosystem. Fire plays a major role in the development of this community, and is essential to the survival of certain wildlife species, too.

    Gopher tortoises, Florida mice, gopher frogs, and eastern diamond-back rattlesnakes are among the native animals in the ecosystem. Endangered species such as red-cockaded woodpeckers and indigo snakes are threatened by the loss of the longleaf pine habitat. The seeds are an excellent food source for squirrels, turkey, quail, and brown-headed nuthatches.


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