Schinus in Successional Ecosystems of Everglades National Park
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Title:
Schinus in Successional Ecosystems of Everglades National Park Report T-676
Creator:
South Florida Natural Resources Center/South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
John J. Ewel
Dennis S. Ojima
Dori A. Karl
William F. DeBusk
Place of Publication:
Homestead
Florida
Publisher:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Abstract:
The extreme southern 10% of peninsular Florida is, in many ways, a biologically unique environment. The landscape is geologically young, the topography is flat, and the climate is the most tropical of any part of the continental U.S. The vegetation of the southwest portion is dominated by mangrove forests, which occupy more area here than in all other parts of the U.S. combined. The central portion is triangular, with its apex pointed south. It is covered by a mosaic of wetlands: glades, prairies, marshes, and ponds. This area is dominated by herbaceous vegetation, but forests--locally called tree islands, bayheads, strands, hammocks, and domes--are interspersed throughout. The third portion is South Florida's "mountainousn region: the Miami Rock Ridge, which sweeps along the southeast coast, and curves inland (and into the Everglades National Park) just before it reaches the southernmost extent of the peninsula. This ridge, composed primarily of oolitic limestone, never attains an altitude of 10 m above sea level. The Miami Rock Ridge was once dominated by pinelands interspersed with broadleaved forests called hammocks. Way, however, the Ridge is almost completely urbanized except along its western and southern fringes, where it is-used for agriculture: primarily production of winter vegetables. ( English )
Issuing Body:
SuDoc number: I 29.95:T-676

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
South Florida Natural Resource Center
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