Comunidades de plantas nativas de Florida

Alluvial streams are rivers and streams characterized by turbid water carrying suspended silt, clay, sand, and small gravel. They typically support broad floodplains with natural levees, oxbow lakes, and other features created through repeated cycles of stream erosion and deposition.

Florida has relatively few true alluvial streams. The largest is the Apalachicola River, though much of its potential silt load is trapped in Lake Seminole before the river begins. Other rivers with at least seasonal alluvial characteristics include the Yellow River, Escambia River, and Choctawhatchee River.