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The vascular flora of five Florida shell middens
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RICHARD STALTER (Dept. Biol. Sci., St. John's Univ., Jamaica, NY 11439) AND DWIGHT KINCAID, (Dept. Biol. Sci., Lehman College CUNY, Bronx, NY 10468). The vascular flora of five Florida shell middens. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 131:95-105. 2004.-This study described the vascular flora of five Florida shell middens: Fort George Shell Ring, Guana River State Park Shell Ring, Tomoka State Park Shell Midden, Green Mound, and Turtle Mound. These protected middens were located on state or National Park pro...
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Needed by museum: People who dig history ; The summer field school of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor will excavate a shell midden in Lamoine.
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