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Peacock Springs
A 2nd magnitude spring with a 5-mile underwater cave system –
the longest known in the United States – that provides critical
habitat for several endangered animals and plants.
Located in Suwannee County. |
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San Felasco
This 6,500-acre preserve has one of the finest examples of the
climax mesic hammocks remaining in Florida. The limestone outcrops
and extreme changes in elevation provide conditions for many species
of hardwood trees. Located in Alachua County. |
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Goldhead Branch
A deep ravine with springs, located on the rolling sandhills of
the central ridge of Florida. The park offers camping, picnicking,
swimming, fishing, nature trails, canoeing and lakefront cabins.
Located in Clay County. |
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Lake George
In addition to being one of the most popular
recreational lakes and the second largest lake in the state,
it consists of hammocks, swamps and pine forests
that are an important habitat for bald eagles, black bear and
other wildlife in the area. |
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Archie Carr Sea Turtle Refuge
A 20-mile stretch of beach south of Melbourne that is one of the most significant
nesting areas in the world for Loggerhead Sea Turtles in
the U.S.; the most
significant nesting area for the Green Sea Turtle; and an occasional
nesting area for the largest and rarest of sea turtles – the Leatherback
Sea Turtle. |
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Charles Deering
Located in Dade County on beautiful Biscayne Bay - The Charles Deering Estate, is
an important historic archaeological and paleotological site managed
by Dade County. |
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South Savannas
A chain of marshes and lakes separating inland pine flatwoods
from the coastal scrub on the high Atlantic Ridge containing extremely
rare wildlife and plants. Located east of Port St.
Lucie in St. Lucie and Martin Counties. |
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Kissimmee Prairie
A truly spectacular preserve where wildlife
is especially abundant, including the Florida sandhill crane, crested caracara, Florida scrub-jay,
Florida grasshopper sparrow, wild turkeys, bobcats, river otters,
gopher tortoises, box turtles, and Eastern indigo snakes.
Located in Okeechobee County. |
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Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key and the islands around it are the home of the endangered
Key deer as well as of many Caribbean plants found nowhere else
in the country. Rich coral reefs and other hardbottom communities
flourish in the shallow water around the islands. It includes
the only significant sources of fresh water in the lower keys.
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Fakahatchee Strand
Of the subtropical swamps in south Florida, the Fakahatchee Strand
is perhaps the most significant--the richest in orchids and other
rare tropical plants, the most critical to the survival of the
Florida panther, and the most important for the mangrove swamps
of the Ten Thousand Islands. Located in Collier County. |
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Little Manatee River
The Little Manatee River is formed in a swampy area near Fort
Lonesome and travels almost 40 miles before flowing into Tampa
Bay. It is located in Hillsborough County. A portion of the Little
Manatee River is managed by the Department of Environmental Protection,
Division of Recreation and Parks. |
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Topsail Hill
Where the Gulf of Mexico meets the coast of Walton County is a
line of some of the most beautiful beaches and dunes in the World,
backed by sparkling freshwater lakes and pine flatwoods and marshes
spreading to Choctawhatchee Bay -- one of the largest natural
areas on the northern Gulf coast. Located in Walton County. |
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Big Bend Coast
Much of Florida's Gulf coast from Citrus County to Franklin County
is a wilderness of seagrass beds, salt marshes, oak and palm hammocks,
and pine flatwoods. The Big Bend Coast area conserves sixty miles
of this coast, protecting the recreational fishery that depends
on healthy seagrass beds, and provides habitat for wildlife from
black bear to bald eagles. |
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