Scrub
Scrub jay zoning changes inspire the same emotion, frustration
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife updated its scrub jay zoning practices last year, which is having a profound effect on some Florida property owners. Some citizens found that the new policy means they can't build on their land, environmental advocates say the new plan could further endanger the protected bird.
Scrub Jay photo, FFWCC
Sun Herald: Scrub jay zoning changes inspire the same emotion, frustration
Also see: www.ecofloridamag.com/archived/scrub_jay.htm for more information about the species.
Click the Document Below for background - http://1000fof.org/Panhandle/Documents/Wildlife/scrub-jay.pdf
Florida scrub vegetation is a rare and vanishing ecosystem.
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Scrub Communities: Sand Pine Scrub, Rosemary Scrub, Oak-Saw Palmetto Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods and, Coastal Strand and Coastal Scrub.
Want to know a good bit more about Florida's very special Scrub Habiat? Check out this page on the North Brevard County Business Directory Site with information provided by Paul A. Schmalzer, Plant Ecologist, Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL - Scrub Habitat -
Animals that occur in scrub include:
Animals that occur in scrub include:
Gopher Tortoise — Gopherus polyphemus
Florida Scrub Lizard — Sceloporus woodi
Eastern Indigo Snake — Drymarchon corais couperi
Florida Scrub Jay — Aphelocoma coerulescens
Florida Mouse — Podomys floridanus
Florida Scrub Lizard — Sceloporus woodi
Eastern Indigo Snake — Drymarchon corais couperi
Florida Scrub Jay — Aphelocoma coerulescens
Florida Mouse — Podomys floridanus
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