Summary

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The objectives of this vegetative study on St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge were to: 1 identify and describe the major plant communities and associations on the refuge and 2 delineate the major plant communities on a map andor photomosaic. The vegetative cover on St. Vincent Island presents a very unique and interesting ecological complex. A Sand PineScrub Oak plant association is present in old dunes from Carabelle to East Point, Florida yet only a small area of this association is found on the island. Several fairly large, nearly pure stands of Cabbage Palm are found on the island. The vegetative types found on the refuge are quite distinctive in their alignment with the dunes as cross sectioned from north to south.