FIGURESNumber1AL...............Distribut,ion <strong>of</strong> hyiiric ltanlrnocks in Florida.Sc&53!::;.a- , ;~i-.f:.{!~:.+ - , ,,.,. _ -, . _.:,,..: ci % :.- ,C a r.l;r.If31!: Ci : :::.-,t th?-pt? Inrntinn'; in=Florida, 1941.70 average. .................................Physiograpt~ic 1-eg ions <strong>of</strong> Florida. ...................--.-..Geologic cross section <strong>of</strong> peninst11 ar northern ~lorida. - . - .Geologic map <strong>of</strong> Florida showing don~inant rocks at or nearthe sul-face. ..............................................Marine tert-acps <strong>of</strong> Florida. ...............................Limestone outcrop in a gulf coastal hammock. ..............Sequence <strong>of</strong> plant corrlrntrnities From the lower St. JohnsRiver to upland scrubby flat.woods. ......................-.General ized pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> a spring-fed strearn and adjoininghydric k:ck ............................................Rainfall and ground-water level in 1986 at Tiger Creekhydric hammock, central Florida. ..........................Water- table pr<strong>of</strong>iles across three plant colnmuni t iesadjacent to l igcr Creek. ...............................-..Flooding <strong>of</strong> hydric hammock along the Myakka River, SarasotaCounty, Florida. ..........................................Flooding and tfrydown <strong>of</strong> Sanchez Prairie. ..................Two vegetation tt'ansects fro111 river swamp to crpl and forestin the Okl awaha Rivcr basin, central Florida. .............Topographic map <strong>of</strong> the upper St.. Johns River floodpl ai nbctweftn Pt!r.z!~ !?4n and l a k ~ Pninsrft. ....................Aerial phot,ograph <strong>of</strong> t~ydric hammock on the west bank <strong>of</strong>the St. Johns River .......................................A large swt?c?tguni in dense hydric hammock a'long Tiger Creek,Florida ...................................................Cabbage palm predoainates in hydric hammock along UpperMyakka Lakc., Myakka River State Park. .....................<strong>Hydric</strong> harnrnock at the in1 and edge <strong>of</strong> Gulf Hammock ........<strong>Hydric</strong> hammock along the upper St. Johns River. ..........*Coastal hydric hammock where it adjoins salt marsh, Gu7 fHammock, Levy County. .....................................Loblolly pine hydric hammock, Silver Springs, MarionCounty. ...................................................vertical structure <strong>of</strong> hydric hammock dominated by ? ob1 ol 1pi ne. .....................................................A hydric hammock strongly affected by seepage, WekivaSprings, Semi no1 e County. .......................... .......Species composition <strong>of</strong> trees, shrubs, and saplings in twohydric hammocks. ................................... .......Edge <strong>of</strong> hydric hammock and salt marsh along the GulfMexico near the Wi thl acoochee River, Citrus County , . - - . - -.Natural ranges in Florida <strong>of</strong> four species <strong>of</strong> trees commonhydric hammock. ................................ ........<strong>of</strong> cabbage palm in Florida ...................~istribution<strong>of</strong>
Stitti-~~~~dr 06t.s 6-f "Lr'ceb ;,I hydt ;i ii&tlllttii~A. ..............Distribution <strong>of</strong> tree species a1 ong a presumed floodinggradient in Sanchez Prairie, San Felasco Hammock StatePreserve ..................................................Expansion <strong>of</strong> hydric hammock into freshwater marsh, MyakkaRiver State Park. .........................................Expanding hydric hammock, Myakka River State Park. ........Change in the tree-species composition <strong>of</strong> a hydric hammockwith increasing distance from its salt-marsh boundary .....Fire in the cabbage palm edge <strong>of</strong> hydric hammock, SeminoleRanch .....................................................?re?-species composition <strong>of</strong> two hydric haanocks in VyakkaRiver State Park.. .....................................Species composition <strong>of</strong> four nearby portions <strong>of</strong> a hydrichammockstand in the northern part <strong>of</strong> Tosohatchee StatePreserve, Orange County. ..................................A grazing exclosure in Gulf Hammock demonstrates theeffects <strong>of</strong> cattle and deer on the ground cover <strong>of</strong> hydrichammock...................................................Tree bl owdowns due to hurricanes in coastal hydri c hammock.Phenology <strong>of</strong> bird diversity and abundance and the number <strong>of</strong>species <strong>of</strong> plants producing fruits edible to birds in amesic hammock .............................................Breeding and winter ranges <strong>of</strong> selected migrant birds thatlive in hydric hammock, ...................................
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