Land-use
patterns Navigating the site:
Florida: Land-use classifications of vegetational habitats
vital landscape statistics (1985-89)
Surface features:
11% of Florida is hardwood forests
11% is freshwater marsh wetland
11% is Urban or barren
16% is farmland
21% wetland
11% is open water
70% is dominated by five land-use patterns
Extent of natural vegetation in proportion to area of the state and to characteristic ecological communities in Florida
| % of the state | # | Land Cover type |
| 1 | Coastal strand | |
| 2 | Dry Prairie | |
|
17 |
3 | Pinelands |
| 4 | Sand Pine Scrub | |
|
2 |
5 | Sandhill |
| 6 | Xeric Oak Scrub | |
| 7 | Mixed Hardwood Pine Forest | |
|
6 |
8 | Upland Hardwood Forest |
| 9 | Tropical Hardwood Hammock | |
|
1 |
10 | Coastal Salt Marsh |
|
7 |
11 | Freshwater Marsh |
| 12 | Cypress Swamp | |
|
5 |
13 | Mixed Hardwood Swamp |
| 14 | Bay [trees] Swamp | |
| 15 | Shrub Swamp | |
| 16 | Mangrove Swamp | |
| 17 | Hardwood Forest | |
|
11 |
18 | Open Water |
|
16 |
19 | Grasslands & farm lands |
|
10 |
20 | Shrub and bush land |
| 21 | Exotic Plants | |
|
11 |
22 | Barren & Urban land |
Acreage
34,807,108 acres excluding waters equal to 1,510 square miles.
39,086,870 total acres including open waters of the state.
54,386 square miles.
