This quiz will measure your knowledge of FL Coastal Uplands Habitats based on material presented in the Florida Master Naturalist Program Coastal Systems Module. Note: This website is not sanctioned by UF IFAS in anyway. Hint: For any multiple choice questions, more than one answer may be correct
Brackish Lagoon, Transitional Zone, Coastal Hammock
Beach and Fore Dune, Transitional Zone, Maritime Forest
Brackish Lagoon, Spill Zone, Maritime Forest
Beach and Fore Dune, Spill Zone, Coastal Hammock
Hot and Dry
Nutrient Poor - Porous Soils
Pockets of watery pools
Salt Spray
Little wind
The mean high tide line and the dunes
The pelagic habitat and the benthic habitat
The pelagic habitat and the soft substrate
The mean high tide line and the beginning of estuarine or terrestrial upland habitats
Large amounts of sea turtle nests
Storm surge from Hurricanes
Sea level rise that creates lagoons behind coastal dunes
Isolation of "spits" of land from the mainland due to the formation of natural (or created) inlets.
Black Skimmer
Royal Tern
Blue footed booby
LBJ
Grazing of domesticated cattle
Erosion due to storms and heavy wave action
Human trampling
Over nesting of endemic birds
White Trumpet
The Snow White flower
Spider Lilly
Beach Morning Glory
Sea Grape
Buttonwood
Beauty Berry
Muscadine
Tends to be less diverse than the fore dune area
Tends to be more diverse than the fore dune area
Tends to have about the same amount of diversity as the fore dune area
Tends to be a barren wasteland when compared to the fore dune area
Grows to be over 20ft tall
Can live to be over 700 years old
Are rarely found in the transitional zone
A portion of the plant lives underground in order to protect the "growth bud"
American Oystercatcher
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Are an important source of food for the gopher tortoise
Are not true cacti
Are most often found in the fore dune area
Are only found in the Central Region of Florida
Has the oldest and most stable soil in the coastal systems habitat
Is relatively young compared to the other coastal systems habitats
Is a product of time and succession (its a climax community)
Has a tree composition that varies throughout the state
Brazilian Pepper
Seville Orange
Winged Sumac
Wild Coffee
Marine plant
Pioneer species
Halophyte
Understory plant
Provide nesting material for the endangered Florida Scrub Jay
Stabilize moving sand
Provide food for gopher tortoises
Provide food for the beach mice
Rhizome
Halophile
Halophyte
Epiphyte
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