KUCHLER TYPE
KUCHLER TYPE: Palmetto prairie



KUCHLER-TYPE-NUMBER : 
K079

PHYSIOGNOMY : 
Dense, medium tall grasses with scattered palms and shrubs [30].


OCCURRENCE : 
There are two main occurrences of palmetto prairie, both in peninsular
Florida.  The largest area extends from Lake Tohopekaliga in
south-central Florida south to Hendry County.  The second large area
extends in a narrow strip near the Atlantic coast from Volusia County
south to Palm Beach County [30,64].  An additional occurrence of
palmetto prairie occurs on the Gulf coast of Florida, at Myakka River
State Park [27]; there are approximately 16,000 acres (6,500 ha) of
palmetto prairie or former palmetto prairie in the park [13].  In a 1943
publication, Davis [12] estimated that there were approximately 875,000
acres (350,000 ha) of palmetto prairie in southern Florida.

STATES: 

FL


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, October 1994.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1994. Palmetto prairie. In: Remainder of Citation


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