The Florida Scrub-Jay
(Aphelocoma coerulescens), a Federally Threatened species, has been intensively studied at Archbold since 1969.
Photo by Reed Bowman.
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Property Fact Sheet
compiled by
Fred E. Lohrer, Archbold Biological Station
September 1990, last revision
03 October 2007
- Location (Main Building): Florida, Highlands County, Lake Placid, 12.9 km (8 mi.) South
- Latitude (Main Building): 27 degrees, 10 minutes, 50 seconds North
- Longitude (Main Building): 81 degrees, 21 minutes, zero seconds West
- T,R,S: Township 38S, Range 30E, Sections 5-8,18,19,29-32
- USGS maps: Childs 7.5', Venus 7.5', Fort Pierce 1:250000
- Size: 2101 ha (5192.63 acres)
- Elevation: 35-65 m (110-213'), Main Building is 42 m (138')
- Temperatures (1952-2004):
- January mean-minimum 8.33 degrees C (47.00 degrees F);
- July mean-maximum 34.05 degrees C (93.29 degrees F);
- Range-minus 10.5 to 39.4 degrees C (13 - 103 degrees F); the
lowest temperature was in 1982 & 2001.
- Annual rainfall (1932-2004): Mean 136.4 cm (53.7 inches), range 69-195 cm
(27.3-76.7 inches); the lowest annual rainfall was in 2000.
- Topography: Lake Wales Ridge intra-ridge valley
and Red Hill
- Habitats: Southern ridge sandhills, sand pine
scrub, rosemary scrub, scrubby flatwoods, flatwoods, swales, bayheads, seasonal ponds,
man-modified
Listed species of Archbold Biological
Station: plants, 28 species; amphibians, 1, reptiles, 7; birds (breeding species) 3;
mammals, 4.
Biodiversity inventory: The number of
species thus far recorded on the Station’s main property includes 21 amphibians, 27
fishes, 44 mammals, 48 reptiles, 208
birds, 593 vascular plants, and more than
4,500 insects and other invertebrates, including the greatest diversity of ants (117
species) known from a single site in North America.
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