from, the white cedar of New Jersey. Eleuterius and 

 Jones (1 972) examined white cedar stands in Missis- 

 sippi, at the western edge of its range. A comprehen- 

 sive literature review and a substantial body of 

 hitherto unpublished data on the region's cedar wet- 

 lands were recently gathered by Clewell and Ward 

 (1987) and Ward and Clewell (unpubl.), from which 

 much of the following information is drawn. 



2.5.2 Georgia 



Only two white cedar stands are known in 

 the state, both in west-central Georgia: one grows 

 along a tributary of Upatoi Creek in Talbot and Marion 

 Counties; the other borders Whitewater Creek in 

 taylor County (W. Duncan, pers. comm.). Both 

 stands are on sandy terraces in the east-west belt of 

 Fall Line sandhills along streams that flow southward 

 into the Apalachicola River 



2.5.3 Eloiida 



The southernmost white cedar stand is in 

 northeastern peninsular Florida, along Juniper 

 Creek and its tributary, Morman Branch, in the Ocaia 

 National Forest, Marion County. About 45 km to the 

 north, a second peninsular Florida stand lies along 



Deep Creek in Putnam County. Both populations 

 flank spring-fed streams that discharge ultimately 

 into the St. Johns River These are the only stands 

 within Florida's Atlantic watershed. All other popula- 

 tions, including those in Georgia, are in the Gulf of 

 Mexico drainage. 



In the central Florida panhandle, a cluster of 

 cedar stands is associated with streams largely 

 within the watersheds of the Ochlockonee and 

 Apalachicola rivers. Another population center is lo- 

 cated in the western Florida panhandle and Alabama, 

 in association with several streams that inde- 

 pendently flow to the gulf. The westernmost stands 

 lie along several streams in southern Mississippi. 



In its southern range, white cedar is con- 

 spicuous and often dominant wherever it grows. 

 Paradoxically, populations are often small and iso- 

 lated, even though the cedar's typical habitats are 

 relatively widespread. 



Autecology . Growth requirements for white 

 cedar in the Florida panhandle generally are similar 

 to those of the Atlantic seaboard provinces, except 

 with regard to hydrology, fire, and pH (Clewell 1971, 

 1981). White cedar in the south is found where there 

 is little flooding and siltation, on the banks of small 



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Figure 16. Section and plan views of a Carolina bay with Atlantic white cedars, indicating morphological 

 features, soil profiles, and vegetation types. Single arrow points to clump of dead cedars; double arrows 

 point to living cedar forest (modified from Buell 1946). 



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