HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND VINES Cinnamon fern, Osmunda cinnamomea;
 Crossvine, Anisostichus capreolata; Poison ivy, Toxicodendron
 radicans; Royal fern, Osmunda regalis; Spanish moss, Tillandsia
 usneoides; Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Wild
 grape, Vitis spp.; Yellow jessamine, Gelsemium sempervirens


GRASSES AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS Longleaf uniola,
 sessiliflorium; Low panicum, Panicum spp.


Chasmanthium


 A list of plants that may occur in this community are in Appendix B.

3. Animals

 Wildlife species include:

 MAMMALS Bobcat, deer, skunk, mink, opossum, otter, raccoon, wild hog,
 gray squirrel


BIRDS Mississippi kite, owls, turkey,
 woodpeckers and numerous songbirds


red-shouldered hawk,


 REPTILES Green anole

 Information on animals known to occur in specific ecological communities
 is in Appendix C.

LAND USE INTERPRETATIONS


1. Environmental Value as a Natural System


Wetland hardwood hammocks have high recreational values for
hiking, and nature study. They also have important aesthetic
Water quality and quantity control is one of the most important
provided, particular in the coastal areas.


hunting,
benefits.
benefits


2. Rangeland

 Although some woodland grazing occurs in wet hardwood hammocks, it is
 generally not recommended.

3. Wildlifeland


Wetland
wildlife
turkey,
is poor
reptiles


hardwood hammocks are one of the most productive and diverse
habitats. This community is good habitat for wild hogs, deer,
black bear, gray squirrel, woodpeckers, owls, and furbearers. It
for quail and dove and fair for many songbirds. It is good for
and amphibians, being moist most of the year.


4. Woodland

 There has been considerable acreage of wet hardwood hammocks converted to
 pine production. Drainage is needed for optimum growth of pines. The
 drainage and conversion destroys this community as a viable unit. With
 the value of hardwoods increasing, much of the remaining acreage may stay