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4H Maritime Forest

Jekyll Island Environmental Education Pre-Trip vocabulary - Maritime Forest

4H Maritime Forest EcologyJekyll Isle Environment Ed
Canopy the uppermost branchy layer of a forest
Climax community a stable, long-established community of self-perpetuating organisms that tends not to change with time
Community populations of all species that occupy a particular habitat and interact within that habitat
Dune ridge upland ridges originally formed from sand dunes on relic beaches
Epiphyte a plant that lives on another plant
Maritime forest the forests by the sea that are characterized by live oaks, palms, and palmettos
Microclimate the essentially uniform local climate of a small habitat
Pioneer plants plants capable of establishing themselves in a bare area and initiating an ecological cycle
Salt-shearing pruning of tree limbs, buds, and leaves the salt carried in the sea breezes
Slough freshwater areas ranging from temporary ponds to permanent swamps and freshwater marshes, those on barrier islands are typically formed in swales where the surface of the ground is close to the water table
Succession the changes in species composition that lead to a climax community
Swale low area between dune ridges
Understory the plants of a forest that grow low to the ground
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