FOSSIL PLANTS FROM VERO, FLORIDA 663 



found growing in the Vero region, but is not nearly so abundant 

 as far south as Vero at the present time as it appears to have been 

 at the time the Vero deposits were laid down. 



SUMMARY 



The foregoing comprise more or less positively identified remains 

 of twenty-seven species of plants. Nineteen of these have not 

 been previously found fossil, while the following eight have already 

 been discovered in Pliocene or Pleistocene deposits: 



Pinus taeda Brasenia purpurea 



Taxodium distichum Acer rubrum 



Quercus virginiana Zizyphus sp. 



Magnolia virginiana Viburnum nudum 



The problem in so far as it relates to the evidence of the plants 

 depends on the correct evaluation of the change which this plant 

 assemblage shows when compared with the flora now growing at 

 Vero. 



Of the plants found fossil the following are still found at Vero, 

 and I have included in this list as probably found in the present 

 flora of Vero the four forms of Pinus, Carex, Polygonum, and 

 Xanthium which are not specifically identified. This list comprises : 

 Pinus caribaea Quercus brevifolia 



Pinus sp. Polygonum sp. 



Carex sp. Magnolia virginiana 



Serenoa serrulata Ilex glabra 



Sabal palmetto Acer rubrum 



Myrica cerifera Vitis cf. rotundifolia 



Quercus virginiana Xanthium sp. 



Quercus laurifolia 



In addition to the foregoing fifteen species still found at Vero 

 the following two species are found growing within ten or twelve 

 miles of Vero: 



Taxodium distichum Anona glabra 



Three species approach to within about fifty miles of Vero, being 

 recorded from the southern extension of the lake region flora of the 

 central peninsula in De Soto County. These are: 



Pinus taeda Viburnum nudum 



Pistia spathulata 



