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are inundated most of the winter and spring, but only briefly during the growing season. Soils are saturated more than 20-30% of the year. Red maple and sweetgum are suhdomlnants of Zone Il - river ~wamp forests wh£ch are permanently inundated. Red maple and sweetgum seedlings colonize elevated hummocks in shallow depressions and poorly .drained interstream areas of such swamps, Sycamore and boxelder occur in various zones on very moist soils. 3. Gilbert, T., T. King and B. Barnett. 1981. An assessment of wetland habitat establishment at a centra~ Florida phosphate mine site. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report (FWS/OBS-81/38); 96 pp. This study evaluated tree seedling survival and growth on a 49:acre tract of land formerly used for phosphate mining operations. Bare root seedlings of green ash, red maple, sweetgum and sycamore (among others) were planted at various elevations and monitored, along wiO~ water table elevation and soil mineral and nutrient.content; loc two years. Green ash, ranked as hydrophytic by the'Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, showed significant decrease in growth with a corresponding inCrease in elevation, and ogorall had a 69% survival rate after 2 years, with an annual mortality~of 16% for all plots. When planted at elevations providing for 90% or greater inundation during the year, green ash~attained maximt~ survival and growth. Red maple and sweetgum, ranked ashydrophytic/mesophytic by FGFWFC, had 52% and 57% 'survival rates respectively after two years. Red maple showed a hlgh correlation between elevation and survival, with maximum growth attained at 0% inundation but moist/saturated soils, ~hile sweetgum showed moderate correlation between elevation and growth (higher growth on moist soils of lower elevations). Sycamore, ligted as mesophytic, showed no elevation effect, and was ranked 8 of 16 for survivorship and growth. 4. Harrar, E. S. and J. G. Harrar. 1946. Guide to southern t=ees (Second Edition). Dover Publications, Inc., New York. 709 pp. Species were described as follows: Green Ash - found near streams and swamps; tolerant of inundation and other adverse conditions Red maple - found from moist bottomlands and in swamps to drier soils Sweetgum - a bottomland tree of moist, rich alluvial soils Sycamore - found on moist rich soils on margins of streams and lakes Boxelder - found on deep moist soils near rivers, lakes and streams, or in swamps and on drier soils 5. Haynes. R. Jr, J. A. Allen and E. C. Pendleton. 1988. Reestablishment of bottomland hardwood forests on disturbed sites: An annotated bibliography, U, S, Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 88(42). 104 pp. This report presents an overview of literature regarding studies of planting, transplanting or natural recruitment of bottomland hardwoods to disturbed or prepared sites. 2130 2