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Page 1: Hydric Hammock By Gina Duke Seminole Ranch, Florida

Hydric HammockBy Gina Duke

Seminole Ranch, Florida

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Photo by Ann F. Johnson

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Photo; mgonline.com

Cabbage palm(Sabal palmetto)

American elmSweetbayRed cedarRed maple Sugarberry SweetgumWater Oak

Canopy

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UnderstorySwamp dogwood

American hornbeamCommon persimmonSwamp bayWax myrtleAmerican beautyberry

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VinesPoison Ivy

PeppervineRattan vineTrumpet creeperClimbing hydrangeaYellow jessamineGreenbriersSummer grapeMuscadine

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Herbaceous Layer

Cinnamon Fern

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Epiphytes

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Distribution in Florida

Gulf Coastal Hammocks

Hillsborough River

Myakka River

Lake Okeechobee

San Felasco

Orange Lake

Seminole County HammockWekiva Springs

Upper St John’sRiver

Tiger Creek

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Rare Animals

Gulf hammock dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus striatus lustricolus)

Spotted Turtle(Clemmys guttata)

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Eastern Indigo Snake(Drymarchon couperi)

Southeastern Bat(Myotis austroriparius)

Gulf Salt Marsh Mink(Neovison vison halilimnetes)

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Limpkin(Aramus guarauna)

Swallow-tailed Kite(Elanoides forficatus)

Florida Black Bear(Ursus americanus floridanus)

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Management and Natural Processes

Fire-rare

Prevent-soil damage fromlogging and other mechanicaldevices

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ReferencesFlorida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI). 2010. Guide to the natural communities of

Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL.

Vince, S.W., S.R. Humphrey, and R.W. Simons. 1989. The ecologyo f h y d r i c hammocks: a community p r o f i l. U.S. F i s h W i l d l . Serv.B i o l . Rep, 85(7.26). 81 pp.