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| | Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
 | | The dominant trees in this community are primarily longleaf pine, turkey oak, and bluejack oak, with lesser numbers of live oak throughout. |
 | | The understory and ground cover are generally sparse to moderate and consist of spike grass, American beautyberry, saw palmetto, poison ivy, gallberry, muscadine, Virginia creeper and witch hazel. |
 | | Hydric hammocks are differentiated from mesic hammocks by the predominance of species such as cabbage palmetto, diamond-leaf oak, red maple, sweet bay, swamp ash and sawgrass that are adapted to wet soil conditions. |
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