PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT- 
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Salt water 
Marine marshes 
Mangrove swamps 
Muddy water 
Alluvial 
Estuarine 
Calcareous water 
Swamp water 
On calcareous rock or soil 
[Creek swamps, etc.] 
Estuary of Suwannee River (Hog Island) 
Estuaries of Dade County 
Non-calcareous 
Flowing- 
Alluvial 
Estuarine 
West Florida 
East Florida. 
Seeping 
[Creek and branch swamps ] 
Swamps bordering Escambia Bay 
Tyty swamps of Walton County 
Gum swamps of Leon County 
Slash-pine bogs 
Non-alluvial swamps of lake region 
Non-alluvial swamps of DeSoto County 
Stagnant, or nearly so 
Drying up in spring 
[Drained by sinks] 
Without outlets 
[Shallow lakes and prairies] 
Cypress ponds 
[Gum and mayhaw ponds] 
Bays 
Permanent open water 
Small lakes 
Edges of large lakes 
Saw-grass marshes, etc 
Cypress swamps 
[Shallow lakes of East Florida] 
Fresh lagoons of the east coast 
Completely filled with vegetation (the bays and saiw-grass 
marshes might also come under this head) 
Peat prairies of lake region 
Marshy prairies of Middle Florida 
Everglades (central portion ) 
This table includes some types of swamps which contain little^ 
or no peat, and are described merely for comparison with other' 
kinds and to make the classification more complete. It does not 
however include the exceptional or specially interesting peat de¬ 
posits, which are described immediately after the typical ones. 
