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Climate

While the article has been edited to say that the Florida scrub is a temperate forest, no source that states that the Florida scrub is temperate (and not sub-tropical) has been offered. See, however, this journal article, which refers three times to "scrub oak" in central Florida as a subtropical ecosystem. Another site, one which I would not use as a source, makes the very sensible argument that the climate of scrubs may be temperate, peninsular, or tropical, depending on what part of the state it is in. I might add that I have been searching for sites that ascribe a climate to Florida scrub, but the few journal articles that do say something about climate talk about temperature and rainfall and seasons, without mentioning temperate, or subtropical, or tropical. So, until someone can produce a reliable source that states that Florida scrubs have a temperate, or a sub-tropical climate (I think scrubs with tropical climates are very rare in Florida), we should leave that out of this article. Donald Albury 02:23, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) itself categorizes this region as being a Temperate Coniferous Forest. There is a source provided. The WWF typically separates ecoregions into biomes such as these. This categorization was also explicitly stated in the biome section of the article before the edit was made. 173.53.3.218 (talk) 20:25, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The WWF classification specifically says "sand pine scrub", but there are several other types of scrub in Florida, some of which do not have any conifers (see the section "Type by dominant flora"). I have moved the WWF classification to the "Sand pine scrub" sub-section in the "Type by dominant flora" section, as that is the only type of Florida scrub that it applies to. The WWF site also states that it is no longer maintained, and may be out of date. It refers the reader to the One Earth site, which does not classify ecoregions in as much detail as the WWF site did. Donald Albury 00:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]