LIST OF FIGURES


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1-1 Florida' s Gulf Coast Flatwoods zone where the wet pine flat sites are located. ...............20

2-1 Locations of the Pt. Washington Longleaf Pine Restoration site ( ) and the reference
 sites within Gulf Coast Flatwoods subecoregion of Florida. ................ ......................38

2-2 Nested plot sampling design applied at three different sites (age classes) for each
 reference location. ........... ..... .._ ...............39....

2-3 Mean stand density (trees per hectare) along a 1 10-year longleaf pine
 chronosequence as measured from 26 differently aged stands. .............. ....................39

2-4 Mean stand DBH, height, BA, and volume along a 1 10-year longleaf pine
 chronosequence as measured from 26 differently aged stands. .............. ....................40

2-5 Downed woody debris and standing deadwood (snag) accumulations along a 110-
 year longleaf pine chronosequence as measured from 26 differently aged stands. ...........41

2-6 Decomposition levels by forest age class as measured from 26 differently aged
 stands............... ...............42.

2-7 Composition of understory vegetation by forest age class. ................ ................ ...._42

2-8 Shannon-Wiener Diversity and Coleman Rarefaction indices along a 110-year
 longleaf pine chronosequence as measured from 26 differently aged stands. .................. .43

2-9 Mean stand density versus the Shannon-Wiener Diversity index and mean stand
 height versus the Coleman Rarefaction index as measured from the young, mid-age
 and mature age longleaf pine stands ........._.._. ....._... .........._. ....._. .......44

3-1 Soil organic matter content versus soil moisture as measured from 26 differently
 aged stand s. .............. ...............63....

3-2 Soil pH versus soil organic matter content (percent) as measured from 26 differently
 aged stand s. .............. ...............64....

3-3 Total net nitrogen mineralization, ammonification and nitrification rates (mg -1
 nitrogen / kg -1 soil / month ) along a 110-year chronosequence as measured from
 26 differently aged stand s.. ............ ...............64.....

3-4 Trends for microbial biomass carbon (Cmb) and net nitrogen mineralization rates
 (Nmin) along a 1 10-year longleaf pine chronosequence as measured from 26
 differently aged stand s. ............. ...............65.....