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East Everglades Exotic Plant Control Project 1992 Annual Report.

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Date Issued:
1992-11
Summary:
Melaleuca (melaleuca quinquenervia [Cav.] Blake) or cajeput and Casuarina spp. are native Australian trees that are rapidly displacing native vegetation in and around the East Everglades Acquisition Area. This year marks the fifth year of a multi-agency project to locate and treat thee alien plants. A Melaleuca-free buffer zone along the eastern boundary of Everglades National Park has been established in one-mile yearly increments. The park is now bordered on the eastern side by a one-mile wide Casuarina buffer zone and a five-mile wide Melaleuca buffer zone.
Title: East Everglades Exotic Plant Control Project 1992 Annual Report.
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Name(s): DeVries, Douglas
Doren, Robert F.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1992-11
Publisher: Everglades National Park (Agency : U.S.). South Florida Research Center
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 24 pages
Language(s): English
Summary: Melaleuca (melaleuca quinquenervia [Cav.] Blake) or cajeput and Casuarina spp. are native Australian trees that are rapidly displacing native vegetation in and around the East Everglades Acquisition Area. This year marks the fifth year of a multi-agency project to locate and treat thee alien plants. A Melaleuca-free buffer zone along the eastern boundary of Everglades National Park has been established in one-mile yearly increments. The park is now bordered on the eastern side by a one-mile wide Casuarina buffer zone and a five-mile wide Melaleuca buffer zone.
Identifier: FI06022001 (IID), 1027178 (digitool), fiu:15911 (fedora), AAB9709QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2006, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): Melaleuca
Exotic plants
Exotic plants -- Florida
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06022001.pdf
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Host Institution: FIU