Native Habitat Inventory Final Report 2004 - St. Lucie County

List of Tables
Table 1. Population Demographics for St. Lucie County. ................................................. 3
Table 2. Comparison of Area Preserved by County as of December 2003 ....................... 5
Table 3. Ecological Summaries of Sites. ........................................................................... 7
Table 4. Site Ranking Criteria – County Uplands Inventory. .......................................... 11
Table 5. Site Quality Ranks. ............................................................................................ 14
Table 6. Estimated Acreages of FNAI Natural Communities in St. Lucie County in 1991
Compared to 1996 (1992 KBN Report, Table 2-3). ................................................. 24
Table 7. Percent Loss of St. Lucie County Natural Communities Between 1986 and
1991........................................................................................................................... 25
Table 8. Acres Lost in Natural Areas Between 1992 and 2002 by FLUCCS Type. ....... 27
Table 9. 2002 Natural Land by Polygon Acreage. ........................................................... 30
Table 10. Summary of FLUCCS Types and Acreage Present in Each Conservation Area.
................................................................................................................................... 32
Table 11. Comparison of the Amount of Each FLUCCS Type Conserved as Compared to
All Natural Lands Available in 2002. ....................................................................... 38
Table 12. Example of Calculation of Overall Ecological Value for a single site ............ 46
Table 13. Community Conversion from FLUCCS to FNAI for Potentially Natural
FLUCCS Categories. ................................................................................................ 49
Table 14. Community Conversion from FLUCCS to FNAI for Natural FLUCCS
Categories. ................................................................................................................ 52
List of Figures
Figure 1. Locations of the A, B and C Ranked Sites. ........................................................ 9
Figure 2. St. Lucie County 1992 Natural Lands. ............................................................. 19
Figure 3. St. Lucie County 2002 Natural Lands. ............................................................. 20
Figure 4. St. Lucie County Natural Lands Lost Between 1992 and 2002. ...................... 21
Figure 5. 2002 Countywide Non-Public Natural Areas. .................................................. 30
Figure 6. Florida Natural Area Inventory’s Areas of Conservation Interest as the Initial 51
Sites Considered for Inventory. ................................................................................ 42
Figure 7. Locations of Inventoried Sites ........................................................................... 43
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