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    Myakka soil is the official state soil of Florida, which has more than 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km2) of land composed partly or entirely of Myakka soils...
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    the Myakka River. Myakka River State Park is in the southeastern conifer forests ecoregion. Plant communities in areas of the park with drier soils are...
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    Loggerhead sea turtle Rodeo: Silver Spurs Rodeo Shell: Horse conch Soil: Myakka soil Song: "Old Folks at Home" State day/week: Pascua Florida Stone: Agatized...
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    section 15.034". State of Florida. Retrieved May 22, 2011. "Myakka -- Florida State Soil". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 22 May 2011...
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  • state soils. A state soil is a soil that has special significance to a particular state. Each state in the United States has selected a state soil, twenty...
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  • Mineralization (soil science) - Mollisols - Mud - Multiscale European Soil Information System - Muskeg - Myakka (soil) Narragansett (soil) - Natchez silt...
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    providing services to travelers. The poorly drained, sandy Myakka, Smyrna and Immokalee soil series around town continue to be used as rangeland. The town's...
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    Withlacoochee State Forest, J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Myakka River State Park, and Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest. Central Florida...
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    Part of Lumber River State Park Myakka River: 66 mile-long river with its headwaters in Manatee County, Florida. The Myakka River discharges into Charlotte...
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    Everglades flooding is fed by the extensive Kissimmee, Caloosahatchee, Miami, Myakka, and Peace Rivers in central Florida. The Kissimmee River is a broad floodplain...
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    drained sandy soils with shell fragments, and McKee-Quartzipsamments-St. Augustine, which is characterized by level, somewhat poorly drained soils mixed with...
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    Wildlife Refuge Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge Cedar Keys Wilderness Myakka River State Park Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park Withlacoochee State...
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    sand which is poorly drained in its natural state. The most common soil series is Myakka. Drained by the Kissimmee River, the city is on the northwest shore...
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    river otter, striped skunks and southeastern pocket gophers. The sandy soil is home to the endangered gopher frog and gopher tortoise, whose extensive...
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    Other facilities, such as the Lemur Conservation Foundation, located near Myakka City, Florida, have also hosted research projects, such as one that looked...
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    Many workers had to bring soils by basket to build the mound. The builders used their knowledge to combine a variety of soils and shells for stability...
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  • Bank in 1976. Bertha Palmer also owned a large tract of land that now is Myakka State Park. During this period this land was operated as a ranch. She developed...
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    Koreshanity. Damage in Lee County reached about $1.5 million. Along the Myakka River near Boca Grande, the railroad bridge washed away, while the storm...
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    9.88 inches (251 mm) occurring in Bud Slough in Manatee County, east of Myakka River State Park. In Punta Gorda's airport, where the hurricane made landfall...
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  • Thumbnail for Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park
    sandhill environment, the sandy soil and regular fires result in pine trees being the predominant vegetation. The moist soils of the hammocks support broadleaf...
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    modifications to water flow patterns (direction and velocity) and water quality, soil displacement and compaction, direct vegetation damage, disturbance to foraging...
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    water is present in a location in the Everglades determines the type of soil, of which there only two in the Everglades: peat, created by many years of...
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    islands were farmed during the 19th and early 20th centuries, their rocky soil and periodic hurricanes made agriculture difficult to sustain. In the early...
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    There is no large jungle or forest canopy area on the islands, and the sandy soil (which drains quickly) and intense sun only enhance the drought-like conditions...
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    surrounding countryside, where the people cultivated maize in the rich local soil, the major reason such a dense population and large site were possible. Only...
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    owned most of the land so people had little reason to settle there. The soil was way too sandy to farm, and better timber was located inland. The closest...
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    virginiana) grow in areas with moderately moist soils, and Florida longleaf pine sandhills grow on drier, sandier soils. Over 270 species of birds can be seen...
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    Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws, Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the...
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    conifer forests ecoregion. Areas of the national forest with dry, sandy soils support Florida longleaf pine sandhills and east Gulf coastal plain near-coast...
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    springs are found throughout Florida. The limestone is topped with sandy soils deposited as ancient beaches over millions of years as global sea levels...
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