A Floristic Study of Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Suwannee and Columbia Counties, Florida

ABSTRACT
A floristic inventory of the Ichetucknee Springs State Park, located in southeastern Suwannee and southwestern Columbia counties, was documented from March 1991 to November 1993. Collections of 604 species of vascular plants were made in the 907 ha (2,241 acres) site, representing 111 families and 358 genera. Sixty species of bryophytes were collected, consisting of 39 mosses and 21 liverworts. Plant communities were characterized by quantitative methods and general field observations. Eleven natural plant communities were documented, which include sandhill, upland mixed forest, upland pine forest, bluffs, floodplain forest, floodplain swamp, floodplain marsh, sinkholes and sinkhole ponds, depression marsh, dome swamp, and spring-run streams and river.