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TRANSACTIONS OF WAGNER 



VEGETATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA 



ADDITIONAL POND PLANTS* 



Erianthus saccharoides Michx. 

 Tripsacum dactyloides L. 

 Coelorachis (Manisuris) rugosa 



(Nutt.) Nash. 

 Panicum Baldwinii Nutt. 

 Panicum erectifolium Nash. 

 Panicum virgatum L. 

 Chaetochloa corrugata parviflora 



Poir. 



Aristida patula Chapm. 

 Cyperus brunneus Sw. 

 Cyperus cylindricus Britton 



Fimbristylis autumnalis R. & S. 

 Fimbristylis castanea (Michx.) Vahl. 

 Dichromena latifolia Baldw. 

 Dichromena leucocephala Michx. 

 Rhynchospora fascicularis Vahl. 

 Rhynchospora Hitchcockii Britton 

 Rhynchospora stipitata Chapm. 

 Rhynchospora Tracyi Britton 

 Scleria gracilis Ell. 

 Xyris ambigua Beyr. 

 Eriocaulon decangulare L. 

 Juncus scirpoides Lam. 



Besides the ponds which in great numbers are scattered through South 

 Florida, the section of the state south of latitude 27 30' North boasts a 

 number of lakes of small and large size. Enumerated, the smaller lakes are 

 Hares, Buck, Red, Beach, Josephine, Allie, Nellie, Clay, Stearns, Apthorpe, 

 Childs, Annie in the Kissimmee drainage system, and Lake Flirt (Plate IX, 

 Fig. 2) , while in the extreme southern end, we have Deep Lake, south of the 

 Big Cypress, Long Lake and Cuthbert Lake near Cape Sable. The larger 

 lakes of the area are Trafford, Hicpochee, Istokpoga and Okeechobee. The 

 vegetation of Lake Flirt, Lake Hicpochee and Lake Okeechobee will be con- 

 sidered as representative. 



Lake Flirt (Plate IX, Fig. 2). This lake belongs to the Caloosahatchee 

 River and is merely a widening of the headwaters of that stream, and since the 

 construction of the canal, Lake Hicpochee may also be considered as a part of 

 the Caloosahatchee River system. The canal passes through Lake Flirt, which 

 in times of dry weather is scarcely more than a marshy tract, largely overgrown 

 with grasses, flags, and various water plants. When the writer passed across 

 Lake Flirt on June 21, 1912, the country was inundated with water and the 

 following description taken from the field note book will give a general idea of 

 the vegetation of the lake. Before the lake is reached, the country opens 

 out with scattered palmetto hammocks. Lake Flirt is bordered by an associa- 

 tion of willows. The left bank is characterized by a growth of maiden-cane, 



* Consult for others Hitchcock, A. S.: A list of Plants collected in Lee County, Fla. Proc. la. 

 Acad. Sci. IX (1901): 189-225. 



