SOUTH FLORIDA ROCKLAND

Vegetation:  Hammocks - forests of evergreen, broad-leaved trees typical of Bahamas and Greater Antilles; many tropical epiphytes; more than 150 species of trees and shrubs native to hammocks of Dade, Monroe, and Collier counties.  Pine forests - dominated by south Florida variety of slash pine; diverse understory of mostly tropical shrubs, as well as many endemic herbs.