VEGETATION TYPES. 
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present, though it is easily tilled, and crops can be grown on it 
after some outlay for drainage and fertilizer. 
As shown by the illustration, the vegetation usually consists of 
tall pines with a low dense shrubby undergrowth. Between Lake 
Tsala Apopka and the Withlaeoochee River east of Inverness, 
however, trees are absent from many acres of otherwise similar 
vegetation, for no apparent reason. (These areas are combined 
with the rest in the list.) Fire occurs every few years, but does 
not injure the pines appreciably unless they have been turpentined, 
and the undergrowth recovers very quickly. 
In the following list, based on observations made in March, 
May and July, the shrubs and herbs are combined, because they do 
not differ greatly in size; but the names of shrubs are preceded by 
S to distinguish them. 
TREES. 
Long-leaf Pinus Elliottii Slash pine 
pine Magnolia glauca, 9-11 Bay 
(Black pine) 
Pinus palustris, 5, 6, 12 
Pinus serotina 
SHRUBS AND HERBS. 
S Serenoa scrrulata, 2, 3, 5-9 Saw-palmet- 
S Ilex glabra, 2 
Aristida stricta, 5, 6, 12 
S Pieris nitida, 2 
S Vaecinium nitidum, 1-3, 
to 
Gallberry 
Wire-grass 
(Hurrah 
bush) 
5 
S Quercus minima 
Pterocaulon undulatum, 
S Bejaria racemosa, 2, 3, 
S Myrica pumila, 5, 6 
S Cholisma fruticosa 
Aristida spiciformis 
Galactia Elliottii 
Lachnocaulon anceps 
Trilisa odoratissima, 5 
Huckleberry 
Oak runner 
(Black-root) 
Myrtle 
(Poor grub) 
(A grass) 
(Deer- 
tongue) 
Carphephorus corymbosus, 5 
S Hypericum aspalathoides 
S Gaylussacia frondosa Huckleberry 
Xyris pallescens 
S Asimina reticulata pawpaw 
Elephantopus nudatus? 5 
Tillandsia usneoides, 2, 3, 
5-11 Spanish mess 
Polygala nana 
S Pycnotbymus rigidus, 2 
S Gaylussacia dumosa, 5 Huckleberry 
Lechea sp. 
Pteridium aquilinum, 5, 6, 
8 (A fern) 
Centella repanda, 1, 9 
Drosera capillaris, 1 (Sundew) 
Pinguicula lutea, 1 
Viola palmata? 6 (Blue) violet 
Viola primulifolia, 1 White violet 
Pinguicula pumila, 1 
Sophronanthe liispida 
Polygala setacea 
S Quercus geminata, 2, 3, (Scrub) live 
5-7 oak 
S Quercus myrtifolia, 2, 3, 6, 
7 (Scrub oak) 
S Hypericum myrtifolium, 1 
S Aronia arbutifolia 
Trilisa paniculata 
Afzelia cassioides 
Solidago fistulosa, 1 Goldenrod 
Mesosphaerum radiatum, 1 
Aster adnatus 
Juncus scirpoides compos- 
itus (A rush) 
Houstonia rotundifolia, 5, 6, 8 
Hypoxis juncea 
All the trees and nearly all the shrubs are evergreen. Oaks, 
other than low shrubby species, seem to be entirely absent. About 
35 %'— a very high proportion—of the shrubs are Ericaceae, and 
