SECN Inventory [Complete]: Plant Inventory at Canaveral National Seashore, 2002-2004
Southeast Coast Network. SECN Inventory [Complete]: Plant Inventory at Canaveral National Seashore, 2002-2004. 2002-2004. National Park Service
Canaveral National Seashore (CANA) incorporates approximately 23, 335 ha of land and shallow lagoons in east central Florida. This study was conducted as part of the National Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Program for the Southeast Coast Network to document the vascular flora as one baseline for scientifically-based natural resource management and long-term ecological monitoring. We examined existing plant collections in the CANA and KSC herbaria and annotated them where necessary. There were 258 taxa documented from CANA in these collections at the beginning of this study. We conducted field surveys in 20 terrestrial sites and one lagoon site between the fall of 2002 and the fall of 2004; sites were sampled one to ten times during this period. We collected 1040 specimens representing 557 taxa. The final floristic list includes 651 taxa, an increase of approximately 150%. Of this total, 559 are native and 92 are introduced. We identified 13 taxa considered endangered (SE) or threatened (ST) by the state of Florida. Those listed as endangered in Florida include Chamaesyce cumulicola, Glandularia maritima, Lantana depressa var. floridana, Lechea divaricata, Nemastylis floridana, Ophioglossum palmatum, Tephrosia angustissima var. curtissii, Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica, and Tillandsia utriculata. Plants listed as threatened in Florida include Myrcianthes fragrans, Opuntia stricta, Pteroglossaspis ecristata, and Scaevola plumieri. Five plants are listed by the state of Florida as commercially exploited: Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum conopseum, Osmunda cinnamomea, O. regalis, and Zamia pumila. Argusia gnaphalodes (SE) and Harrisia simpsonii (SE) that previously occurred in the park appear to have been eliminated by freezes in the 1970s–1980s. Asclepias curtissii (SE) and Lechea cernua (ST) previously occurred within CANA but were not relocated in this survey; both persist in the region.
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- Project
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- Southeast Coast Network
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- National Park Service
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- SECN
Program
- Inventory and Monitoring Division, I&M Inventories
- Southeast Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network (SECN)