Natural Communities
Tosohatchee’s numerous streams, freshwater marshes and swamps,
pine flatwoods, and hammocks are part of a mosaic of
publicly-owned land within the St. Johns River Watershed. Over
the past 100 years, changes in the hydrology (amount and timing
of water flow across the landscape), coupled with fire
suppression, commercial timbering operations, and cattle
grazing, have altered environmental conditions and changed the
composition of some of the plant communities. Despite these
changes, Tosohatchee has continued to attract and sustain many
resident and migratory wildlife species and offers visitors a
glimpse of wild Florida along the St. Johns River.
