A Survey and Baseline Analysis of Aspects of the Vegetation of Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park
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Title:
A Survey and Baseline Analysis of Aspects of the Vegetation of Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park Report T-586
Creator:
South Florida Natural Resources Center/South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
Ingrid C. Olmsted
Lloyd L. Loope
Richard E. Rintz
Place of Publication:
Homestead
Florida
Publisher:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Abstract:
The Taylor Slough drainage, along with adjacent portions of eastern Everglades National Park, is at present the most vulnerable portion of the park to impacts resulting from human activity. A series of canals constructed near the park boundary during the past 15 years has accentuated the gradual drying which began when the earliest canals penetrated the Miami Rock Ridge prior to 1920. Canal 31-W was built along the park boundary in 1968-70, intersecting the main channel of Taylor Slough. Unfortunately, because baseline information documenting past conditions is sparse, it has been impossible to objectively assess the impact of drainage upon the slough ecosystem. Another unknown is the extent to which development of formerly wetter lands adjacent to the park boundary will be allowed to proliferate in future decades. ( English )

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
South Florida Natural Resource Center
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Resource Identifier:
I 29.95:T-586 ( sudoc )