Florida's Native Plant Communities
Spring Run Stream
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Information
Community Variants:
N/A
Description:
Spring-run streams are perennial watercourses fed by deep aquifer headwaters. They are characterized by clear water and a circumneutral pH.
Vegetation
Characteristic species include Florida willow ( Salix caroliniana ), spring-run spiderlily ( Hymenocallis rotata ), and yellow waterlily ( Nymphaea mexicana ).
Example Locations
- Waccasassa River
- St. Marks River
- Boiling Creek (Eglin Air Force Base)
- Titi Creek (Eglin Air Force Base)
- Holmes Creek
- Shoal River
Several of these streams also support rare plant species.
References:
Clewell, A. F. (1986). Natural setting and vegetation of the Florida Panhandle: An account of the environments and plant communities of northern Florida west of the Suwannee River (Report No. COESAM/PDEI-86/001). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Duever, L. (1984, September). Florida’s natural communities: Floodplains. The Palmetto, 4(3), 8–10. http://fnps.org/assets/pdf/palmetto/duever_linda_conway_natural_communities_of_floridas_floodplains_vol_4_no_3_fall_1984.pdf
Florida Natural Areas Inventory. (2010). Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory. http://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm
Myers, R. L., & Ewel, J. J. (Eds.). (1990). Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press.
Simons, R. W. (1990). Terrestrial and freshwater habitats. In S. H. Wolfe (Ed.), An ecological characterization of the Florida Springs Coast: Pithlachascotee to Waccasassa Rivers (Biological Report 90[21], pp. 99–157). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Whitney, E. N., Means, D. B., & Rudloe, A. (2004). Priceless Florida: Natural ecosystems and native species. Pineapple Press.
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