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![Gulf-Breeze:-Aerial_00.jpg Gulf-Breeze:-Aerial_00.jpg: peninsula, city of gulf breeze, gulf of mexico, barrier island, cumulus clouds, escambia county, santa rosa county,](/photos/Gulf-Breeze:-Aerial/thumbs/Gulf-Breeze:-Aerial_00.jpg.width.440.c.jpg)
Gulf Breeze is located between Pensacola on the north and Santa Rosa Island on the south.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_park-2.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_park-2.jpg: magnolia, oak, cove, naval live oak preserve, gulf coast, peninsula, oak tree](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_park-2.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Magnolia trees bloom in the summer with large white waxy flowers.
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![Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00a.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00a.jpg: gulf coast, key, peninsula, florida rosemary, sand dune, sand scrub pine](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00a.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Barrier beaches are one of the world's most restless landforms. As can be seen above the tress are growing on shifting sand which looks like snow.
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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_00d.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00d.jpg: sand pine scrub forest, peninsula, sand dune, florida rosemary, gulf coast, perdido key, escambia county](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_00d.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
In contrast to the species of pine shown below, the sand pine is much shorter. Its form can be twisted with lower branches growing close to the ground.
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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_08.jpg Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_08.jpg: saw palmetto, oak tree, sand scrub forest, gulf coast, peninsula, key](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Pine-Barrens_08.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Saw palmettos form a dense groundcover in part of this forest community.
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![Peterson-Point:-Morgan-House_03.jpg Peterson-Point:-Morgan-House_03.jpg: bay, pier, house, peninsula](/photos/Peterson-Point:-Morgan-House/thumbs/Peterson-Point:-Morgan-House_03.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The home is located at the end of a peninsula. The photograph was taken at low tide