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Looking south to South Trail, the boundary fence, and the Regency Oaks parking lot from the north edge of the proposed right-of-way where it crosses a fire lane. The downhill slope toward the Trail marks the transition between well-drained soils, where the plants must be fire tolerant, to soils that retain more moisture, where plants need not be fire tolerant and biotic diversity is greater. [The upland pine that is west of the firelane is being restored with controlled burns whereas that which is east left will be left unburned. The tree on the left is 70 ft. north of the UF property line.] |
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Looking east (with the tree that was on the left in the previous picture now on the right), one can see the more open and less diverse plant community uphill to the left and the denser more diverse one downhill to the right. This narrow strip of greater diversity on the southern portion of NATL's upland pine is the western 42% of the proposed path for a four-lane 24th Avenue. |
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Again looking east but several feet farther north on the fire lane. The wooden stakes in the foreground are part of a long-term study of termite populations that is 96 feet north of the UF property line. It would likely be disrupted by the construction of the proposed road. |