The state of Florida supports a remarkable variety of natural ecosystems and is home to a biota more diverse than that of any other state east of the Mississippi. The editors and contributors to Ecosystems of Florida provide an excellent overview of these natural resources in a single, highly readable volume. Their stated objective is to provide “breadth and depth of treatment … useful to those seeking technical details as well as to Floridians and visitors interested in general information about the environment. ” The classification of Florida’s natural ecosystems into 13 types is thus a compromise between the few broad classes recognized in small-scale vegetation maps and the 69 community-types used by The Nature Conservancy and the Florida Natural Areas Inventory.