Hydric HammockBy Gina Duke

Seminole Ranch, Florida

Photo by Ann F. Johnson

Canopy

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Swamp Laurel Oak

Live Oak

(Quercus laurifolia)

(Quercus virginiana)

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Cabbage palm(Sabal palmetto)

American elmSweetbayRed cedarRed maple Sugarberry SweetgumWater Oak

Canopy

UnderstorySwamp dogwood

American hornbeamCommon persimmonSwamp bayWax myrtleAmerican beautyberry

VinesPoison Ivy

PeppervineRattan vineTrumpet creeperClimbing hydrangeaYellow jessamineGreenbriersSummer grapeMuscadine

Herbaceous Layer

Cinnamon Fern

Epiphytes

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

Rare Animals

Gulf hammock dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus striatus lustricolus)

Spotted Turtle(Clemmys guttata)

Eastern Indigo Snake(Drymarchon couperi)

Southeastern Bat(Myotis austroriparius)

Gulf Salt Marsh Mink(Neovison vison halilimnetes)

Limpkin(Aramus guarauna)

Swallow-tailed Kite(Elanoides forficatus)

Florida Black Bear(Ursus americanus floridanus)

Management and Natural Processes

Fire-rare

Prevent-soil damage fromlogging and other mechanicaldevices

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.