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A FLORAL SURVEY OF THE ABACOA GOPHER TORTOISE PRESERVE
- Date Issued:
- 2023
- Summary:
- The Abacoa Gopher Tortoise Preserve is a 60-ha section of the Abacoa Greenway (designated RangeⅠ) consisting of scrubby pine flatwood habitat. For this thesis, I used the iNaturalist app as a tool to identify and create a comprehensive list of all plant species in Range Ⅰ. I organized this information by IUCN conservation status to distinguish between invasive, native, and endemic species. I compare this list to similar floral surveys done in this preserve to obtain a view of how the composition of the preserve is changing over time. I used the initial conservation targets for the Abacoa Greenway to determine whether the standards for percent penetration of invasive/exotic species and fire treatment were being upheld and how this may have influenced the floral composition. Lastly, I discuss the species found within the preserve that contain known nutritional or medicinal properties that could be valuable for human use.
Title: | A FLORAL SURVEY OF THE ABACOA GOPHER TORTOISE PRESERVE. |
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Name(s): |
Bates, Malaika, author Wetterer, James K., Thesis advisor Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Thesis | |
Date Created: | 2023 | |
Date Issued: | 2023 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Jupiter, FL | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 39 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | The Abacoa Gopher Tortoise Preserve is a 60-ha section of the Abacoa Greenway (designated RangeⅠ) consisting of scrubby pine flatwood habitat. For this thesis, I used the iNaturalist app as a tool to identify and create a comprehensive list of all plant species in Range Ⅰ. I organized this information by IUCN conservation status to distinguish between invasive, native, and endemic species. I compare this list to similar floral surveys done in this preserve to obtain a view of how the composition of the preserve is changing over time. I used the initial conservation targets for the Abacoa Greenway to determine whether the standards for percent penetration of invasive/exotic species and fire treatment were being upheld and how this may have influenced the floral composition. Lastly, I discuss the species found within the preserve that contain known nutritional or medicinal properties that could be valuable for human use. | |
Identifier: | FAUHT00244 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (B.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2023 | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00244 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |