Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU:Vascular Plants)
LSU00126592
3eac4023-daa6-4b6a-bb10-0270e4a43838
GUIS 70260
GUIS-00660
130017
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai
Cucurbitaceae
watermelon
Stephanie M. Gunn-Zumo
FBAR-211
2005-10-06
2005-10-6
Diane M. Ferguson
United States, Florida, Escambia, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Fort Barrancas & Advanced Redoubt Unit. Parking lot at Advanced Redoubt.
30.3547 -87.2974
UTM: Zone 16, 471416 Em, 3358124 Nm
Soil characteristics: Lakeland sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes (13) - very deep, excessviely drained, sandy soil is on nearly level summits and gently sloping shoulder slopes of broad ridges. Slopes are long and smooth. Individual areas are irregular in shape. They range from 20 to about 300 acres in size. This map unit is in the Longleaf Pine-Turkey Oak Hills ecological community. Associate plant species: Sesbania vesicaria, Conoclinum coelestinum, Eupatorium serotinum, Sabal palmetto. Rare.