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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
Fig. 20—Slash-pine bog about 6 miles south of Ta¬ 
vares, Lake County. Trees all Pinus Elliottii. Herbaceous 
vegetation mostly Anchistea Virginica (a fern), all dead at 
this time, of course, with nearly all the pinnae dropped 
off, leaving the stalks. Feb. 20, 1909. 
River, just across the line in Georgia, are of this character, and in 
this state I have seen such bays in Nassau, Lake, Polk and Hills- 
SLASH PINE BOGS, OR BAYS 
(fig. 20) 
In various parts of Florida, as well as in adjoining states, there 
are extensive sphagnous bays in which the slash pine is the domi¬ 
nant tree, probably exceeding in bulk all the rest of the vegetation. 
Considerable areas in Okefinokee Swamp* and along the St. Marys 
*See Popular Science Monthly 74: 607. 1909. 
