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Figure 35. The floodplain of the blackwater Canoochee (Fort Stewart, GA) is somewhat 

 anomalous in the co-dominance of diamondleaf oak (Zone IV species) with either spruce 

 pine or loblolly pine (Zone V species). The herbaceous ground cover is dominated by 

 river cane and grasses such as Panicum rigidulum and Erianthus strictus . American 

 holly is present. The shallow flooding and permeable soils are probable factors allow- 

 ing for a mix of Zone IV and V species. Diamondleaf oaks here grow more slowly than 

 those on the alluvial Oconee floodplain. 



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