2012 FDOT Mitigation Plan - Southwest Florida Water Management ...

Pre-Construction (2002) – previously a row crop field prior to public acquisition, the
site had generated extensive coverage of exotic and nuisance species such as
Brazilian pepper, dog fennel, ragweed, ruderal grass species such as Guinea grass,
and Australian pine.
Pre-Construction (2002) – view from Cockroach Bay Road looking south over the
site. The low quality ruderal habitat would have eventually transformed into a dense
thicket of Brazilian pepper. Scattered cabbage palms (right) were preserved within
the marsh creation design & coastal hammock buffer restoration activities.
FDOT – District 7 Mitigation Project
(Tampa Bay Drainage Basin)
SW 56 – COCKROACH BAY -
FRESHWATER
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