FLATWOODS

:''This article is about the ecological community. For the city in Kentucky, see Flatwoods, Kentucky. For the city in West Virgina, see Flatwoods, West Virginia.''
'Flatwoods' refers to an ecological community in the Southeastern coastal plain of North America. Flatwoods are a fire maintained ecosystem dominated by

longleaf pine ''Pinus palustris'',

slash pine ''Pinus elliotii'',

saw palmetto ''Serenoa repens'', and

gallberry ''Ilex glabra''.
A number of rare animals are typical of this habitat including

Red-cockaded Woodpecker (''Picoides borealis''),

Flatwoods Salamander (''Ambystoma cingulatum'') and

Striped newts (''Notophthalmus perstriatus'').

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★ http://www.fnai.org/PDF/Natural_Communities_Guide.pdf Natural Communities Definitions for Florida

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