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Photographer: Marsha A. Matson
Taken: May 28, 2015
Caption: Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park
Additional Description: Lignumvitae Key has one of the finest virgin tropical forests remaining in the Florida Keys. The forest is composed of nearly four dozen species of trees including: mastic, gumbo limbo, strangler fig, poisonwood, pigeon plum, mahogany and lignumvitae. Lignumvitae Key was part of an ancient coral reef tract exposed during the Wisconsin glacial interval. It contains 280 acres and has an elevation of 16 1/2 feet. In 1919, William Matheson established a residence on the Key. A windmill supplied electricity and cisterns collected rainwater for drinking. Today, visitors can see the house and grounds unchanged from an earlier time.
Submitted: May 29, 2015, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p309662
File Size: 7.700 Megabytes

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