Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
3. Alexander, T. R., and A. G. Crook. 1974. Recent vegetational changes in
southern Florida. Pages 61-72 in P. J. Gleason, ed. Environments of
south Florida: present and past. Miami Geol. Soc. Mem. 2.
Alterations imposed by man and fire in southern Florida have resulted in profound changes in the past 70 years. Shifts in species composition and replacement of entire communities can be recognized. Changes in graminoids, tree islands, mangrove, palmetto, cypress, pineland, hammocks, the Keys, farmed land, levees and roadsides, and exotic species are documented for a 16-30 year period. [K-L-S]