Figure 1

A conceptual successional model of the major South Florida plant communities in relation to the region’s hydrologic and fire regimes. The model indicates the shifts in types of plant communities to be expected if the hydrologic and fire regime should change as a result of onsite management or offsite activities that affect a site. The rates of change are the minimum time required for a transition to a later successional stage. The plant communities and their environmental characteristics are described in Table 1.