Group:
Location
28° 7' 30" N, 81° 26' 9.6" W
See map: Google Maps
Brief Site Description:
The 12,000-acre Disney Wilderness Preserve straddles the headwaters of the Everglades ecosystem in south-central Florida.
Detailed Site Description:
The 12,000-acre Disney Wilderness Preserve straddles the headwaters of the Everglades ecosystem in south-central Florida. This site is seasonally wet and flooded.
Site history & management
The Disney site was heavily logged and used as ranchland for decades. However, vegetation and site conditions have been restored to closely represent site condition records, documented by the area’s first Spanish missionaries. The large-scale wetland and upland restoration at Disney included the removal of non-native, invasive plants and grasses and the removal of agricultural ditches. The primary management activity is controlled burns.
Field Site Type:
US affiliate
Registration:
Unregistered
Network(s):
NEON
Study Start Date:
2014
Mean Annual Precipitation:
1 295 millimeters / year
Average Annual Temperature:
73°C
Average Summer Temperature:
61°C
Average Winter Temperature:
83°C
Land Cover:
Grassland/Herbaceous
Woody Wetlands
Geology:
unconsolidated materials
carbonate
Soil Order:
Spodosol
Hydrology: Surface water stream order:
Unknown
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance:
Unknown
Hydrology: Groundwater:
Arrangment of Aquifer Components - Complexly interbedded sequence of aquifers and confining beds
Climate:
Tropical
Sub-Climate:
Subhumid
Group visibility:
Public - accessible to all site users