Table 1. Current and Pre-settlement Areas of 13 Florida Ecosystems

Southeast Environmental Research Program, Florida International University
and
Center for Plant Conservation

An Action Plan to Conserve the Native Plants of Florida

Table 1. Current and Pre-settlement Areas of 13 Florida Ecosystems (In Hectares)

Notes for Table 1: See Appendix B

Habitat	Pre-settlement¹	Current²	Conservation Areas³

Pine flatwoods	4,846,000	2,642,000⁴	463,000⁵
Dry prairie	NA	561,000	95,000
Scrubby flatwoods	NA	NA	NA
Scrub	418,000	172,000⁶	107,000⁷
Sandhill	2,789,000	345,000	143,000
Temperate hardwood forest	1,458,000⁸	1,555,000⁹	189,000¹⁰
Pine rocklands	155,000	7,000¹¹	6,000¹²
Tropical hammock	NA	6,000	3,500
Swamp	1,469,000¹³	1,808,000¹⁴	545,000^l5
Marsh	NA	1,096,000	645,000
Coastal upland¹⁶	81,000	36,000	20,000
Salt marsh	NA	196,000	119,000
Mangrove swamp	NA	221,000	186,000

NA = Estimates not available. Notes for Table 1: See Appendix B.

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