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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



hammocks often grade into swamps, which are more or less calca- 

 reous too. The coast is bordered by marshes, as already stated, 

 and there are cjiiite a number of shallow ponds and wet prairies, 

 particularly in Sumter County. 



The commonest plants are about as follows : 



COMMONEST PLANTS OF GULF HAMMOCK REGION. 



Pinus palustiis 

 Sabal Palmetto 



Taxodium distichum 

 Finus Caribaea 

 Taxodium imbricarium 

 Pinus EUiottii 

 Liquidambar Styraciflua 

 Finns Taeda 

 Acer rubrum 

 Magrnolia g;randiflora 

 Quercns Virginian a 

 Juniperus Virg-iniana 

 Finus clausa 

 Ulmus Floridana 

 Tilia pubescens? 

 Fraxinus profunda? 

 Quercus hybrida? 

 Quercus Michauxii 

 Quercus nigra 

 Celtis occiden talis? 



Carpinus Caroliniana 

 Sails longipes? 

 Quercus Catesbaei 

 Mag'nolia g-lauca 

 Quercus cinerea 

 Quercus geminata 

 Fraxinus Caroliniana? 

 Fersea pubescens 

 Osmanthus Americana 

 Ostrya Virglniana 



Berchemia scandens 

 Rhus radicans 

 Gelsemium sempervirens 

 Parthenocissus quinquefolia 

 Smilax laurifolia 

 Decumaria barbara 

 Ampelopsis arborea 



Serenoa serrulata 

 Myrica cerifera 

 Ilex g-labra 

 Cornus stricta? 

 Fieris nitida 

 Cholisma ferrug^inea 

 Quercus myrtifolia 

 Myrica pumila 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis 

 Asimina pygmaea? 

 Viburnum obovatum 

 Vaccinium nitidnm 

 Quercus minima 

 Aralia spinosa 

 Sabal g-labra 

 Itea Virg-inica 

 Rosa palustris 

 Hjrpericum fasciculatum 



TIMBER TREES 



Long-leaf pine 



Cabbage palmetto 



Cypress 



Slash pine 



(Pond) cypress 



Slash pine 



Sweet gum 



Short-leaf pine 



Red maple 



Magnolia 



Live oak 



Cedar 



Spruce pine 



Elm 



Lin 



Ash 



Water oak 



Swamp cliestn't oak 



Water oak 



Hackberry 



SMALL TREES. 



Ironwood 

 Willow 



Black-jack oak 

 Bay 



Turkey oak 

 Live oak 

 Ash 

 Red bay 



WOODY VINES. 



Rattan vine 

 Poison ivy 

 Yellow jessamine 

 Virginia creeper 

 Bamboo vine 



SHRUBS 



Saw-palmetto 



Myrtle 



Gallberry 



(Hurrah bush) 



(Scrub oak) 

 Myrtle 



(Elbow bush) 

 Pawpaw 



Huckleberry 

 (Oak runner) 

 Prickly ash 

 Palmetto 



(Wild rose) 

 Sand myrtle 



Pine lands 



Low hainmocks, etc. 



Swamps and low hammocks 



Low pine lands 



Cypress ponds 



Low pine lands 



Low^ hammocks, etc. 



Low hammocks, etc. 



Swamps and low hammocks 



Hammocks 



Hammocks, etc. 



Low hammocks, etc. 



Scrub 



Low hammocks 



Hammocks 



Swamps 



Low hammocks 



Low hammocks 



Low hammocks 



Low hammocks 



Low hammocks 



Edges of swamps, etc. 



High pine land 



Swamps 



High pine land 



High pine land, etc. 



Swamps 



Swamps 



Hammocks 



Hammocks 



Low hammocks 



Low hammocks, etc. 



Hammocks 



Hammocks 



Swamps 



Swamps 



Low hammocks 



Flatwoods 



Hammocks 



Flatwoods 



Low hammocks 



Swamps and flatwoods 



Sandy hammocks 



Scrub, etc. 



Flatwoods 



Ponds and swamps 



Flatwoods 



Low hammocks 



Flatwoods 



Flatwoods 



Hammocks 



Low hammocks, etc. 



Swamps 



Swamps 



Ponds, etc. 



