The Southeastern Pocket Gopher is a deep-soiled sand pine scrub specialist of the southeastern Coastal Plain, dependent on the well-drained, sandy soils of longleaf pine ecosystems. It creates the distinctive conical dirt mounds in longleaf pine flatwoods recognizable to any southern naturalist. The pocket gopher's burrowing is a natural disturbance process that maintains the open, sandy microsites required by many rare plant species.
Best time to see a Southeastern Pocket Gopher
The best time to see a Southeastern Pocket Gopher is November–March, when about 63% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 461 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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