Phenology of Flowering and Fruiting in Plant Communities of Everglades NP and Biscayne NM, Florida
Loope LL. 1980. Phenology of Flowering and Fruiting in Plant Communities of Everglades NP and Biscayne NM, Florida. SFRC T-593. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
This study was initiated in January 1978 as an attempt to document the timing throughout a single year of flowering and fruiting of plant species representative of the major plant communities of Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Monument. It is intended as a first effort at gaining an understanding of the phenology of plants in South Florida ecosystems--how flowering, fruiting, leaf fall, and vegetative growth are related to the changing seasons and to year-to-year fluctuations in rainfall, water levels, temperature, fire, and other environmental factors. Such investigations contribute to the larger objective of gaining the ability to predict the consequences of man-caused environmental perturbations upon the natural plant communities within national parks of South Florida.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Loope, Lloyd
- Date of Issue
- 1980-06
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- BISC , EVER
- Keywords
- Biscayne, everglades, flowering, fruiting, Phenology, Plants, SFNRCTRS