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J. K. Small's exploration in Southern Florida, 1915

By Amy Weiss

Apr 21 2019

John Kunkel Small, botanist and herbarium curator at the the New York Botanical Garden, started taking collecting trips to Florida in 1901. During his trips over the years he was witness to the changes in the hammocks (stands of trees that form ecological islands) and other unique plant communities as development came to Florida. 

Small writes about his two trips to southern Florida in 1915 in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, where he documents both the plants he encountered and the changing landscape. Specimens he made in 1915 and small exerpts from his travelogue will help you follow along with this expedition.

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References:

Small, J. K. 1916. Exploration in Southern Florida in 1915. Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 17(195): 37-45. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97538#page/61/mode/1up (Accessed: 15 Apr 2019).