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DeBary SJR
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102+/- acres
located on Fort Florida Road in DeBary, with the western boundary of
the property on the St. Johns River. The property presently supports
an agricultural activity, the grazing of cattle. Several structures
are located on the property. Much of the natural areas on the Murphy
property have been converted to pasture. Many large canopy trees have
been retained and provide clues to the historic habitat in the pasture
areas. On the higher elevations, most likely historically sandhill,
mature slash and longleaf pine are more prevalent and scattered in the
existing groundcover of bahia grass. Laurel oaks have invaded the
suspected sandhill habitat as a result of fire suppression. The
abundance of the laurel and live oaks has created canopy conditions
similar to an upland mixed forest, although the understory diversity
is lacking. A small blackwater stream traverses the property. Small
bluffs, approximately 10 feet above the river, constitute the
shoreline along the St. Johns River.
This tract of land was once part of 6,000+ acres
that comprised the DeBary family estate in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries. The property is located in a zone
of high probability for archeological site occurrence, due to its
immediate proximity to the St. Johns River, a water body of high
resource value to prehistoric and historic peoples. |

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