Florida Everglades Ecosystems Virtual Tour

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Florida Everglades Ecosystems Virtual Tour
National Wildlife Federation

Join our virtual explorer on a trip through the park and learn about the unique habitats and their residents!

These dense stands of hardwood trees, such as mahogany, gumbo-limbo, live oak and red maple, grow on slightly elevated islands located throughout the slough. Their branches form low canopies. Densely-packed shrubs and plants, including ferns and air plants, often grow in the shade and moisture beneath them. Many animal inhabitants also call the hammocks home. Among these are the white-tailed deer, green tree frogs and the highly endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.

Hammocks rarely flood because of their elevation and they are protected from the region's seasonal fires by the natural moats which are created in the surrounding limestone by decaying plant material.

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