Phenology of Flowering and Fruiting in Plant Communities of Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Monument, Florida
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Title:
Phenology of Flowering and Fruiting in Plant Communities of Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Monument, Florida Report T-593
Creator:
South Florida Natural Resources Center/South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
Lloyd L. Loope
Nancy H. Urban
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Abstract:
Tropical hardwood forest vegetation is found in the United States only in the southern portion of Florida. Small islands of such forest, surrounded by other vegetation types, are traditionally referred to as "tropical hardwood hammocksf1 or of ten simply as (Davis, 1943; Robertson, 1955; Craighead, 1974). The scientific and esthetic value of these hammocks is considerable. Hammocks contain numerous tropical plant species not found elsewhere in the United States. Their preservation as natural ecosystems is a primary concern of the U.S. National Park Service and of state and local governments. This study provides baseline data on the nature and recent successional history (since 1940) of tropical hardwood hammocks of the East Everglades area and adjacent portions of Everglades, National Park, west and northwest of Homestead, Florida. The area of investigation is located between Grossman Hammock (in Chekika State Park, 30 km northwest of Homestead, Florida) and Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park (ENP). ( English )

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Florida International University
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South Florida Natural Resource Center
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I29.95:T-593 ( sudoc )