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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



COMMONEST PLANTS OF WEST COAST ISLANDS. 



Sabal Palmetto 

 Pinus Caribaea 

 Pinus clausa 

 Juuiperus Virginiana 

 Qnercus Virginiana 

 Hicoria glabra? 



LARGER TREES. 



Cabbage palmetto 

 Sla.sh pine 

 Spruce pine 

 Cedar 

 Live oak 

 Hickory 



Various situations 

 Various situations 

 Stationary dunes 

 Hammocks 

 Hammocks 

 Sandy hammocks 



Avlcennia nitida , 



Rliizopliora Mang°le 

 Conocarpus erectus 

 Iiag-uncularia racemosa 

 Quercus g°eniinata 

 Fersea littoralis 



Smilax auriculata 

 Ipomoea Pes-Caprae 

 Ernodea littoralis 



Serenoa serrulata 

 Myrica cerifera 

 Yucca aloifolia 

 Coccolo'bis uvifera 



Batis maritima 

 Quercus myrtifolia 

 Scaevola Plumieri 

 Ilex vomttoria 

 Soiihora tomentosa 

 Batodendron arboreum 



SMALL TREES. 



Black mangrove 



(Red) mangrove 

 Buttonwood 

 White mangrove 

 Live oak 

 Red bay 



WOODY VINES. 



SHRUBS 



Saw-palmetto 



Myrtle 



Spanish bayonet 



Sea-grape 



(Scrub oak) 



Yaupon 



Sparkleberry 



Mangrove swamps, and 



scattered over marshes 

 ■Mangrove swamps 

 Edge of salt water 

 Edge of salt water 

 Stationary dunes, etc. 

 Sandy hammocks 



Scrubby thickets 

 Beaches, etc. 

 Dunes 



Various situations 



Hammocks, etc. 



Dunes 



Dunes 



Sandy marshes 



Scrubby thickets 



Beaches and dunes 



Hammocks 



Inner shores, etc. 



Sandy hammocks 



Uniola paniculata 

 Juncus Roemerianus 

 Spartina glabra 

 Opuntia sp. 



Andropogon glomeratus? 

 Muhlenbergia filipes 

 Chamaecrista sp. 

 Oenothera humifusa 

 Eustachys sp. 

 Cassytha filiformls 



HERBS 



Sea oats 

 (Rush) 

 (A grass) 

 Prickly pear 

 (A grass) 

 (A grass) 

 Partridge pea 



(A grass) 



Dunes 



Salt marshes 



Salt marshes 



Old dunes, etc. 



Dune hollows 



Dune hollows 



Dunes 



Dunes 



Dunes 



Thickets, etc. 



Something like 987^ of the trees and shrubs, but not so many of 

 the herbs, are evergreen. 



Population and Industries. AUhough there are no exact figures 

 for the population of such a small area, the density is probably above 

 the state average, owing to a world-wide tendency of people to con- 

 gregate along the coast (where the climate or topography does not 

 interfere) to engage in fishing, commerce, etc. In 191 5 Cedar 

 Key town had 800 inhabitants and Pass-a-Grille (on Long Key) 

 109, which together would make a1)OUt 90 persons per square mile, 

 even if there were no other settlements. About yo'^/c of the popu- 

 lation of both tow'ns was white. 



