This community has good wildlife values, especially with proper
 management. It is especially important as a wildlife buffer zone between
 urban areas occurring on better drained sites.

 Water control practices and improved management techniques have
 facilitated the use of flatwoods for improved pasture, vegetables, citrus,
 and urban development. This is especially true in south Florida.

2. Rangeland

 This ecological community has the potential for producing significant
 amounts of high quality forage such as creeping bluestem, chalky bluestem,
 and indiangrass. It is Florida's most important community for the
 production of cattle on native range. For sites in excellent condition,
 the average annual production of air dry plant material varies from 3,000
 to 6,000 pounds per acre. The variation depends on plant growth
 conditions. From 3 to 14+ acres are usually needed per animal unit
 depending upon amount and type, of forage available, there will be little
 forage available if the canopy cover exceeds 60 percent. The relative
 percentages of annual vegetative production by weight is 75 percent
 grasses and grasslike plants, 15 percent trees and shrubs, and 10 percent
 herbaceous plants.

3. Wildlifeland

 The South Florida Flatwoods community is well suited for deer, quail, and
 turkey. It is fair for squirrels and well suited for many songbirds,
 particularly warblers. It is also well suited for bobcat, skunks,
 opossums, and raccoons. It is poorly suited for dove.

4. Woodland

 This community has a moderate potential productivity for commercial wood
 production. There are moderate equipment limitations and seedling
 mortality due to wet soil conditions. The commercial species suitable for
 planting is slash pine. Potential annual growth is 0.9 cords per acre.
 The potential annual growth for longleaf pine is 0.5 cords per acre.
 Potential productivity is 18 percent less for soils south of a line from
 Hernando County in the west to Orange County in the east.

5. Urbanland

 This community is subject to high water tables during the rainy seasons
 and has limitations for urban development. Water management systems are
 required for urban uses. It is often difficult to establish vegetation on
 steep channel side slopes and infertile spoil and special techniques may
 be required. Without vegetation, erosion and sedimentation is often a
 problem in some water management systems. Wind erosion is a problem in
 unvegetated areas. This is especially severe in the spring.

 Native plants can be used for beautification and require minimum
 establishment and maintenance. Some of the trees are American holly,
 cabbage palm, common persimmon, live oak, longleaf pine, and slash pine.
 Some of the shrubs are American beautyberry, coontie, coral bean,
 partridge pea, pawpaw, sawpalmetto, shining sumac, tarflower, and southern