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VEGETATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA 



TREES 



Sabal palmetto Salix longipes 



Annona glabra Quercus virginiana 



Chrysobalanus pellocarpus Rhus (Metopium) toxiferum 



Persea pubescens Morinda roioc 



Ilex cassine 



SHRUBS 

 Myrica cerifera Cephalanthus occidentalis 



LIANES 



Vitis Munsoniana Smilax laurifolia 



Mikania batatifolia 



EPIPHYTES 

 Phlebodium aureum Tillandsia (several species) 



Orchidaceae (several species) 



ROOTING AQUATICS 



Sagittaria lancifolia Typha angustifolia 



Cladium effusum Phragmites phragmites 



SUBMERGED AQUATICS 

 Proserpinaca platycarpa Isnardia natans 



The pine woods, as previously described with an even stand of tall boles, 

 allow an unbroken vista in all directions over a flat, forest floor covered by 

 low shrubs and an occasional silver-palm, Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd.) Sarg. 

 (Plate II, Fig. 3). The tall tree columns supporting the dark green crown of 

 pine foliage permit a large amount of sunlight to reach the ground between the 

 widely spaced pine trees. The vegetation of the banana holes is in strong 

 contrast to this open, sunlit pine forest, for the continuous vista of the pine 

 woods is broken by the clumps of broad-leaved trees and shrubs in the banana 

 holes, wherever they stand in the line of sight. These associations are com- 

 posed of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, some of 

 which are evergeen, loaded in some cases with epiphytes, which seize upon 

 the available light spaces, while the remaining intervals are closed by the 

 growth of the vines previously described. Such plants, which grow beneath 

 the crown of the pine trees, consist of tolerant species, while the pine trees are 

 intolerant. 



In the shade of the pines and banana hole trees the moisture-loving 

 epiphytic ferns, orchids and bromeliads grow. Altogether the dense, tangled 

 mass of plants growing in closed association cast a dark shade which contrasts 



