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Live Oak Peninsula Mitigation Area (ILF Project Components) / Choctawhatchee River and Bay Watershed / Walton County / Legacy ID – UWRMP 5.3.5
Live Oak Point Peninsula contains ~1,000 acres of estuarine wetlands and is the largest salt marsh in the Choctawhatchee Bay. Other wetlands at this site include hydric pine flatwoods and transitional wetlands. Marsh species found in the estuarine wetlands include black needlerush (Juncus roemerianus), saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), bulrush (Scirpus spp.) and big cordgrass (Spartina cynosuroides). Scattered pines and other transitional species occur on hammocks within the marsh. Soils in the salt marsh are poorly drained, mucky and sandy wetland soils (Rutledge-Leon and Maurepas-Dirego). Wetland functions associated with Live Oak Point include erosion prevention through shoreline stabilization, buffering upland areas from storm surges, providing nursery and foraging habitat for a variety of aquatic organisms, bird habitat, and the natural filtering of runoff from adjacent uplands. Disturbances to the wetlands in this area include a network of mosquito control ditches, stormwater runoff/sedimentation from nearby dirt roads, and medium density residential development on the east side of the salt marsh. To date, the NWFWMD has acquired 513.7 acres at Live Oak Point (McGill Parcel, 321.7 acres, 1999; Florida Board of Trustees, 132 acres, 2001; Lee Parcel, 20 acres, 2009, Woolley Parcel, 40 acres, 2009).
Woolley & Lee Parcels Supplement and UMAM Assessment – May, 2012