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MIDDLE FLORIDA F I. AT WOODS. 



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Trilisa odoratissima 



Chryscpsis graminifolia 

 + Sarracenia psittacina 

 + Bartoiiia verna 

 + Panicum hemitomon 



Osmunda cinnamomea 

 -f- Xyris fimbriata 

 + Eriocaulon coinpressum 

 + Cuscuta compacta 

 + Syngonanthus flavidulus 

 + Lycopodium alopecuroides 



Helianthus Radula 

 — Eupatorium compQsitifoIiuni 

 (X) 



Mesosphaerum radiatum 

 + Castalia odorata 

 -t--r Polygala Rugelii 

 + Eupatorium rotundifolium 

 (and about 40 others). 



Deer-tongue 



Pitcher-plant 



Maiden-cane 

 (A fern) 



Love-vine 



IJog-fennel 

 Water-lily 



Flatwoods 



Flat woods 



Around bays 



Flatwoods 



Ponds 



Around bays, etc. 



Ponds 



Ponds 



On bushes in swami:)(S 



Around bays 



Around bays 



Flatwoods 



Roadsides, etc. 

 Marly (?) places 

 Ponds 

 Flatwoods 

 Flatwoods 



Most of the species of trees indigenous to northern Florida, especially those 

 preferring rich soils, are wanting here. None of the species listed are very rare, 

 but Cyrilla parvifolia, Crookea, and Polygala Rugelii are confined to Florida, or 

 nearl)' so. About 69% of the trees, and a still larger proportion of the small 

 trees, shrubs and vines, are evergreen. The percentage of Ericaceae among the 

 shrubs is 18.4, which is above the average. No leguminous plants have been 

 noticed, but they cannot be entirely wanting. The iigures for evergreens, 

 Ericaceae and Leguminosae are all pretty close to the corresponding ones for 

 the Apalachicola flatwoods, and indicate acid soils deficient in potassium if not 

 in other minerals. Weeds are scarce, for o'bvious reasons. 



Economic Features — As this region does not cover as much 

 as half of any one county, it is difficult to make an accurate estimate 

 of its population, etc. But it is evidently very sparsely settled, and 

 probably not more than 3% of the area is under cultivation at 

 present. Lumbering, turpentining and grazing are the leading in- 

 dustries. The abundant cypress will doubtless be a source of wealth 

 some time. 



Many regions with prevailingly acid soils are particularly rich 

 in honey-yielding plants, and that is the case here. The two most 

 abundant small trees and the saw-palmetto and gallberry are noted 

 honey plants, and many less common species are frequented by 

 bees. The 9,274 pounds of honey reported from Madison, Taylor 

 and Lafayette Counties by the State census of 1905 (and 14,525 

 pounds by the government census of 19 10) probably came mostly 

 from San Pedro Bay and vicinity; and this industry is doubtless 

 capable of much greater development. This is therefore a land of 

 honey, if not of "milk and honey." 



