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Longleaf communities of the middle and upper Gulf Coastal Plains historically had an overstory dominated by longleaf pine with some other southern pines and occasional hardwoods while the understory was grass dominated with lesser amounts of woody shrubs.

Longleaf pine forest
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Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 2006
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