1. Hydric Hammock By Gina Duke Seminole Ranch, Florida

2. Photo by Ann F. Johnson

3. Canopy Photo; apps.acesag.auburn.edu Photo;blogs.olin.edu Swamp Laurel Oak Live Oak (Quercus laurifolia) (Quercus virginiana)

4. Photo; mgonline.com Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto ) American elm Sweetbay Red cedar Red maple Sugarberry Sweetgum Water Oak Canopy

5. Understory Swamp dogwood American hornbeam Common persimmon Swamp bay Wax myrtle American beautyberry

6. Vines Poison Ivy Peppervine Rattan vine Trumpet creeper Climbing hydrangea Yellow jessamine Greenbriers Summer grape Muscadine

7. Herbaceous Layer Cinnamon Fern

8. Epiphytes

9. Distribution in Florida Gulf Coastal Hammocks Hillsborough River Myakka River Lake Okeechobee San Felasco Orange Lake Seminole County Hammock Wekiva Springs Upper St John’s River Tiger Creek

10. Rare Animals Gulf hammock dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus striatus lustricolus) Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)

11. Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) Southeastern Bat (Myotis austroriparius) Gulf Salt Marsh Mink (Neovison vison halilimnetes)

12. Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Florida Black Bear (Ursus americanus floridanus)

13. Management and Natural Processes Fire-rare Prevent-soil damage from logging and other mechanical devices

14. References Florida 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 ecology o 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.