Vegetative resistance to flow in South Florida; summary of vegetation sampling in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, September 1997-July 1998

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.B. Rybicki ◽  
J.T. Reel ◽  
H. Ruhl ◽  
P.A. Gammon ◽  
Virginia Carter
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
Taylor Slough ◽  
Vegetation Sampling

scholarly journals Herpetofaunal inventories of the National Parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume I. Everglades National Park

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth G. Rice ◽  
J. Hardin Waddle ◽  
Marquette E. Crockett ◽  
Brian M. Jeffery ◽  
H. Frankin Percival
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals Impacts of Hurricane Irma on Florida Bay Islands, Everglades National Park, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1070-1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Lynn Wingard ◽  
S. E. Bergstresser ◽  
B. L. Stackhouse ◽  
M. C. Jones ◽  
M. E. Marot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Florida Bay ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
Elevation Changes ◽  
Geographic Information System Analysis ◽  
Bay Islands ◽  
Hurricane Irma

AbstractHurricane Irma made landfall in south Florida, USA, on September 10, 2017 as a category 4 storm. In January 2018, fieldwork was conducted on four previously (2014) sampled islands in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park to examine changes between 2014 and 2018. The objectives were to determine if the net impact of the storm was gain or loss of island landmass and/or elevation; observe and quantify impacts to mangroves; and identify distinctive sedimentary, biochemical, and/or geochemical signatures of the storm. Storm overwash deposits were measured in the field and, in general, interior island mudflats appeared to experience deposition ranging from ~ 0.5 to ~ 6.5 cm. Elevation changes were measured using real-time kinematic positioning and satellite receivers. Comparison of 2014 to 2018 elevation measurements indicates mangrove berms and transitional areas between mudflats and berms experienced erosion and loss of elevation, whereas interior mudflats gained elevation, possibly due to Hurricane Irma. Geographic information system analysis of pre- and post-storm satellite imagery indicates the western-most island, closest to the eye of the storm, lost 32 to 42% (~ 11 to 13 m) of the width of the eastern berm, and vegetated coverage was reduced 9.3% or ~ 9700 m2. Vegetated coverage on the eastern-most island was reduced by 1.9% or ~ 9200 m2. These results are compared to previous accounts of hurricane impacts and provide a baseline for examining long-term constructive and destructive aspects of hurricanes on the islands and the role of storms in resiliency of Florida Bay islands.

scholarly journals Rare plant restoration on Long Pine Key

Lankesteriana ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Holst ◽  
Stig Daltröm
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
The State ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
Rare Plant ◽  
Critical Habitat ◽  
Rare Plant Species ◽  
Plant Restoration

The Long Pine Key area of Everglades National Park (Florida) is critical habitat for a large number of rare plant species including two candidates for federal listing and several dozen listed as endangered or threatened by the state of Florida. In addition, there are nineteen species present in the Long Pine Key area that are critically imperiled in South Florida and six species historically documented from the area that may be extinct in the continental United States (Gann et al., 2002). 

The Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve vegetation mapping project: Interim report—Northwest Coastal Everglades (Region 4), Everglades National Park (revised with costs)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Ruiz ◽  
Craig Perry ◽  
Alejando Garcia ◽  
Magali Guichardot ◽  
Michael Foguer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mangrove Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
Grid Cell ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
The South ◽  
Vegetation Map ◽  
National Preserve

The Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). It is a cooperative effort between the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Park Service’s (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMI). The goal of this project is to produce a spatially and thematically accurate vegetation map of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve prior to the completion of restoration efforts associated with CERP. This spatial product will serve as a record of baseline vegetation conditions for the purpose of: (1) documenting changes to the spatial extent, pattern, and proportion of plant communities within these two federally-managed units as they respond to hydrologic modifications resulting from the implementation of the CERP; and (2) providing vegetation and land-cover information to NPS park managers and scientists for use in park management, resource management, research, and monitoring. This mapping project covers an area of approximately 7,400 square kilometers (1.84 million acres [ac]) and consists of seven mapping regions: four regions in Everglades National Park, Regions 1–4, and three in Big Cypress National Preserve, Regions 5–7. The report focuses on the mapping effort associated with the Northwest Coastal Everglades (NWCE), Region 4 , in Everglades National Park. The NWCE encompasses a total area of 1,278 square kilometers (493.7 square miles [sq mi], or 315,955 ac) and is geographically located to the south of Big Cypress National Preserve, west of Shark River Slough (Region 1), and north of the Southwest Coastal Everglades (Region 3). Photo-interpretation was performed by superimposing a 50 × 50-meter (164 × 164-feet [ft] or 0.25 hectare [0.61 ac]) grid cell vector matrix over stereoscopic, 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) spatial resolution, color-infrared aerial imagery on a digital photogrammetric workstation. Photo-interpreters identified the dominant community in each cell by applying majority-rule algorithms, recognizing community-specific spectral signatures, and referencing an extensive ground-truth database. The dominant vegetation community within each grid cell was classified using a hierarchical classification system developed specifically for this project. Additionally, photo-interpreters categorized the absolute cover of cattail (Typha sp.) and any invasive species detected as either: Sparse (10–49%), Dominant (50–89%), or Monotypic (90–100%). A total of 178 thematic classes were used to map the NWCE. The most common vegetation classes are Mixed Mangrove Forest-Mixed and Transitional Bayhead Shrubland. These two communities accounted for about 10%, each, of the mapping area. Other notable classes include Short Sawgrass Marsh-Dense (8.1% of the map area), Mixed Graminoid Freshwater Marsh (4.7% of the map area), and Black Mangrove Forest (4.5% of the map area). The NWCE vegetation map has a thematic class accuracy of 88.4% with a lower 90th Percentile Confidence Interval of 84.5%.

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