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![Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Pine-Forest_13.jpg Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Pine-Forest_13.jpg: pine forest, long leaf pines, forest, winding road, country road, bracken fern](/photos/Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Pine-Forest/thumbs/Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Pine-Forest_13.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
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![Chipley:-Falling-Waters-State-Park_02.jpg Chipley:-Falling-Waters-State-Park_02.jpg: waterfalls, fern, sink hole, limestone rocks, upland pine forest](/photos/Chipley:-Falling-Waters-State-Park/thumbs/Chipley:-Falling-Waters-State-Park_02.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The outline of the waterfall is etched in the limestone. However, during a dry spell there is no water flowing over the falls. Bracken fern and mosses grow along the limestone walls of the sink hole.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00b.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00b.jpg: sand scrub pine forest, gulf coast, sand dunes, key, peninsula, florida rosemary, short-leaf pine tree](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00b.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The sand pine forest is located on the sound side of the key on older dunes.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00c.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00c.jpg: sand scrub pine forest, sand dunes, key, peninsula, short-leaf pine trees, xeric sandy forest](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00c.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Ridges of old dunes form hills and valleys through the forest.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_01.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_01.jpg: short leaf pine tree, scrub pine forest, sand dune, florida rosemary, gulf coast, key, peninsula](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_01.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The overstory in some locations is composed of an older growth of short-leafed pine tree.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_02.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_02.jpg: scrub pine forest, lichen, myrtle oak](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_02.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
A myrtle oak is surrounded by a lichen ground cover.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_05.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_05.jpg: pine tree, scrub pine, sand pine forest](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_05.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The forest supports a variety of plants and trees in a typical open coastal wood.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_09.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_09.jpg: gulf coast, lichens, moss, pine stump, scrub pine forest, sand dune](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_09.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
A variety of lichen and moss are the most common ground cover.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_22.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_22.jpg: sand scrub pine forest, gulf coast, pine stump, florida rosemary, sand pine scrub forest, open canopy forest](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_22.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The shapes of the dead pine trees form a natural barrier in the undergrowth of Florida rosemary.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_27.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_27.jpg: lichens, pine branches, stumps, wood, scrub pine forest, sand pine scrub](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_27.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Pine branches forms litter the forest floor.