These tables are a listing of plants by ecological community occurrence. The
tables are divided into Grasses, Grasslikes, Vines, Herbaceous, Shrubs, and
Trees. The tables were prepared by drawing from plant range and site
descriptions in a number of botantical references and from field knowledge of
the Florida SCS plant scientists. The tables are intended only as a guide--
obviously all plants occurring in Florida are not listed, and even those that
are might occur in communities in addition to those shown. The tables can be
expanded as additional knowledge is gained.

The tables show regional occurrence within the state (see Climatic Zones map).
This becomes important when a community occurs in all three climatic zones,
but a particular species is found in only certain areas. An example of this
would be Tracy bluestem, Andropogon tracvi, which is found in the Longleaf
Pine-Turkey Oak community only in the Florida panhandle; the table indicates
that this species would not be found in the Central or South zones.

The term "characterizing" as used in these tables indicates that this
particular species so commonly occurs in a community that you would expect to
see it there at most locations supporting that community.