GEOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION OF NORTHERN FLORIDA. IQI 



TflE REGIONS IN DETAIL. " 



The location and area of the several regions are shown by the 

 outline map (page 190). The following synopsis, which is patterned 

 after a taxonomic key, brings out the contrasts between neighboring 

 regions about as well as it can be done in so few words. 



SYNOPSIS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS. 



Soil largelj' red clay. Topograph}- rather hilly. 

 Streams common. 



Limestone outcrops frequent. Caves and natural bridges present.... 



I. Marianna Red Lands. 



Limestone impure, cropping out only on bluffs. No caves 



3. Apalachicola River Bluffs. 



No rock outcrops 4. Knox Hill Country. 



Streams scarce. 



No lakes 5. Holmes V alley. 



Lakes and ponds common 11. Tallahassee Red Hills. 



Soil and topography various. Hammocks common 



10. Middle Florida Hammock Belt. 

 Soil prevailingly sandy. 



Topography normally dissected. Streams common 



7. West Florida Pine Hills. 

 Topography mostly wind-formed. 



Salt marshes scarce 8. West Florida Coast Strip. 



Salt mar.shes well developed 20. East Coast Strip. 



Topography pitted. 



Sand thin, on clay subsoil 2. West Florida Cypress Pond Region. 



Sand deep and loose. 



Sand coarse but rich 13. Wakulla Hammock Country. 



Sand fine and somewhat loamy. 

 Small limestone outcrops frequent. 



No phosphate 12. Bellair Sand Region. 



Phosphate beneath the sand in many places 



17. Peninsular Lime-sink Region. 

 No rock on uplands. 

 Lakes common. 



Uplands flattish 6. West Florida Lake Region. 



Uplands undulating 18. Peninsular Lake Region. 



Bays common ; no lakes I4- Panacea Country. 



Topography essentially flat. 



Limestone outcrops abundant iS- Gulf Hammock Region. 



No limestone on uplands. 

 Clay scarce. 



Region bordering Gulf coast 9. Apalachicola Flatzvoods. 



Region about 20 miles inland 16. Middle Florida Flatzvoods 



Clay usually within a few feet of surface 



19. East Florida Flatzvoods. 



