extensive agricultural and urban land uses. This is especially true in
 south Florida near the coast.

2. Rangeland

 This ecological community has the potential for producing significant
 amounts of high quality forage. For sites in excellent condition, the
 average annual production of air dry plant material varies from 4,500 to
 9,000 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 forages available. There will be little forage
 available if the canopy cover exceeds 60 percent. The relative
 percentages of annual vegetative production by weight is 70 percent
 grasses and grasslike plants, 15 percent trees and shrubs, and 15 percent
 herbaceous plants.

3. Wildlifeland

 Cabbage palm flatwoods offer good food and cover to many species of
 wildlife. Food value comes from palm and palmetto fruit, pine mast, and
 acorns from associated oaks. Legumes and grasses furnish good food
 sources to quail and other small birds. Habitat is well suited for deer
 and turkey and offers refuges to migrating birds during winter months.

4. Woodland

 This community has a moderately high potential productivity for commercial
 wood production. There are moderate equipment limitations and seedling
 mortality due to wet soil conditions and plant competition, the
 commercial species suitable for planting are slash pine and loblolly pine.
 Potential annual growth respectively is 1.2 and 1.0 cords per acre.
 Potential productivity is 18 percent less for soils south of a line from
 Hernando County to Orange County.

5. Urbanland

 This community is subject to high water tables during the rainy season 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 soil. Special techniques may oe
 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
 effort for 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
 waxmyrtle. Some of the herbaceous plants are blazing star, Catesby's
 lily, grassleaf goldenaster, hibiscus, iris, meadowbeauty, sunflower, and
 zephyrlily.

 The most common urban wildlife is songbirds. Undisturbed areas provide
 escape cover and travel routes for most forms of wildlife.