Using these latter delinea- 

 tions, which correspond to those 

 outlined in our conceptual model 

 (Figure 4), Table 23 is generated. 

 This table outlines the hiearchical 

 relationship that exists between 

 habitats, vegetation associations, 

 and hydroperiod. It should be noted 

 that within each habitat category, 

 the order of listing of vegetation 



communities bears no hard and fast 

 relationship to increasing hydro- 

 period. At this level, many other 

 factors such as soils, proximity to 

 disturbances, type and timing of 

 disturbances, associations with 



nearby habitats, and so forth exert 

 a plethora of effects on plant dis- 

 tributions. 



Hydro - 

 period 



(months) 



0-2 



2-3 



6-7 



8-9 



9-10 



Slash Pine 

 Saw Palmetto 



Oak Climax 

 Bayhead/ 



Tropical 

 Midden Forests 



Narrow 



Beardgrass 



Muhly with 

 Sawgrass 



Muhly on Marl 



Muhly with 

 Cypress 



Cypress 



Hatrack 

 Cypress 



Cypress Domes 



Cypress Heads 



Cypress 

 Strands 



Thickets 



Pond Apple/ 

 Wi 1 lows 



Wax Myrtle/ 

 Saltbush 



Wi 1 low/Pond 

 Apple 

 Wax Myrt le 



Wi 1 low Thicket 



Cocoplum Head 



Maidencaine 

 Flats 



Sawgrass Marsh 



Spike Rush/ 

 Beak Rush 



Flag/Pickerel 

 Weed 



Cattail Marsh 



Ponds with 

 Cypress 



Ponds with 

 Marshes 



Ponds with 

 Thickets 



Disturbed 



Rock Plowed 

 Exotics in 



Forests 

 Brazi lian Pepper 



Monocultures 

 Braz. Pepper/ 



Guava 

 Groves 

 Exotics in 



Prairies 

 Saltbush/ 



Braz. Pepper 



Melaleuca/ 

 Sawgrass 



Cypress Fire 

 Recovery 



Canal Banks 



Canals 



Table 23. Vegetation communities by habitat types. 



A number of excellent and 

 extensive summaries of vegetation 

 communities and factors influencing 

 their composition and succession 

 exist for the south Florida region. 

 Davis (1943) was the first to deal 

 with communities on a regional 



scale. More recently Loveless 



(1959), Craighead (1971), Hofstetter 

 (1973), Alexander and Crook (1974), 

 Hilsenbeck et al. (1979), and McCoy 

 (1982) have presented an ongoing 

 regional analysis of vegetation 

 community structure and change. 



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