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Distribution and Abundance of Flora in Limestone Rockland Pine Forests of Southern Florida.

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Date Issued:
1979
Summary:
The pine forests of the Miami Rock Ridge of extreme southeastern Florida form a highly distinctive vegetation type with the following characteristics: (1) a rough limestone (Miami oolite) substrate with abundant crevices and solution holes, but very little soil development; (2) an understory including a variety of West Indian hardwood species; and (3) a rather rich herbaceous flora, including South Florida endemics. The single overstory tree of these forests is Pinus elliottii var. densa.
Title: Distribution and Abundance of Flora in Limestone Rockland Pine Forests of Southern Florida.
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Name(s): Everglades National Park (Agency : U.S.). South Florida Research Center
Loope,Lloyd L.
Black, David W.
Black, Sally
Avery, George N.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: Everglades National Park (Agency : U.S.). South Florida Research Center
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 37 pages
Language(s): English
Summary: The pine forests of the Miami Rock Ridge of extreme southeastern Florida form a highly distinctive vegetation type with the following characteristics: (1) a rough limestone (Miami oolite) substrate with abundant crevices and solution holes, but very little soil development; (2) an understory including a variety of West Indian hardwood species; and (3) a rather rich herbaceous flora, including South Florida endemics. The single overstory tree of these forests is Pinus elliottii var. densa.
Identifier: FI06050901 (IID), 1030326 (digitool), fiu:17366 (fedora), AAC0111QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2006, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): Limestone
Everglades National Park (Fla.)
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