A Survey and Inventory of the Plant Communities in the Pinecrest Area, Big Cypress National Preserve
Gunderson L and Loope LL. 1982. A Survey and Inventory of the Plant Communities in the Pinecrest Area, Big Cypress National Preserve. SFRC T-655. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
The Pinecrest study area is the second to be investigated in a network of five study areas selected to encompass the ecological variation of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Studies of the plant ecology of these areas are aimed at provided necessary baseline information for long-term management of the Preserve by the National Park Service. Emphasis is upon documenting current species composition of representative, relocatable examples of plant communities and upon determining relationships between plant species composition and environment - particularly the influence of water levels upon vegetation. The Pinecrest study area is located in the southeastern portion of the Preserve (Figure 1). It is part of the region designated by Craighead (1971) as the "Hammock and Cypress Ridge," the region that forms the western rim of the Everglades physiographic unit.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gunderson, Lance; Loope, Lloyd
- Date of Issue
- 1982-03
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- BICY
- Keywords
- Big Cypress, Pinecrest, Plant, SFNRCTRS