Native Habitat Inventory Final Report 2004 - St. Lucie County

Table 7. Percent Loss of St. Lucie County Natural Communities Between 1986 and
1991.
Source: KBN Engineering and Applied Sciences, Inc., 1991
Natural Community
Number of
Sections Sampled
Range of
Percent Loss
in Sample
Sections
Average
Percent Loss
Scrub 52 0 - 50 8.6
Xeric Hammock 48 0 - 33 2.8
Beach Dune 8 0 - 10 5.0
Coastal Berm 4 5 - 10 7.5
Coastal Strand 8 0 - 5 2.5
Maritime Hammock 10 0 - 15 6.4
Shell Mound 2 0 - 0 0.0
Dry Prairie 55 3 - 95 43.9
Mesic Flatwoods 18 3 - 50 20.6
Scrubby Flatwoods 5 25 - 75 35.0
Prairie Hammock 36 10 - 10 10.0
Wet Prairie 78 0 - 100 9.7
Wet Flatwoods 8 0 - 10 5.0
Hydric Hammock 88 0 - 75 5.9
Floodplain Forest 5 1 - 4 3.4
Floodplain Swamp 8 0 - 2 1.0
Floodplain Marsh 9 5 - 100 15.6
Swale 6 0 - 0 0.0
Slough 36 1 - 1 1.0
Strand Swamp 36 1 - 1 1.0
Bayhead (Bog) 36 1 - 1 1.0
Depression Marsh 45 5 - 80 6.7
Dome Swamp 72 33 - 50 41.5
Saltmarsh (Tidal Marsh) 8 0 - 3 1.5
Mangrove Swamp (Tidal Swamp) 10 0 - 1 0.6
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