Aeolian Landform (06.Sandhill)

06. Sandhill                                                                                                                                           Back to Aeolian Landforms

• Sandhill originated from sediments leftover by glacial melt waters around 13,000 years ago.
• It is type of ecological community and maintained by ecosystem.
• Great sandhills cover area approximatly 19,000 squre km
• It is not the same as a sand dune.
• It features very short fire return intervals,(1-5 years) Without fire, sandhills undergo  ecological succession and become more oak dominated.
• Sandhill soil, deep well-drained and nutrient poor.
• There are growing  & shrinking depending on climetic conditions.
•  In Florida, sandhills receive 130cm of rainfallper year.

Monehas sandhill taxas

• Dominant vegetation includes;(218 plant species;

  -Longleaf Pine 
  - American Turkey Oak,

 - Wiregrass 
 -Cottonwood

 -Wolf willow

-Sage bush

• Rare animals including; 

                                  -The Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) 

                                 - The Red-cockaded 

                                  -Woodpecker(Picoides borealis)

                                 - Sherman's Fox 

                                  -Squirrel (Sciurus niger shermani)

                                  -Striped Newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus)

• . Invasive species that are a problem on sandhills.such as;

                              -Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)

                              -Camphor laurels (Cinnamomum camphora)

                              -Natal grass (Melinis repens).

Great sand hill near sceptre, Saskatchewan,Canada