Swamps
Nathan Sosa and Brayden Duran
Swamp Description
A swamp is a wetland that is forested. Many swamps occur along large rivers where they are critically dependent upon natural water level fluctuations. Usually you would hear crickets and other insects and animals. In a swamp it is very humid from the water and the sun. Other swamps occur on the shores of large lakes. There are two major classes of swamps, depending on the type of vegetation, the two are shrub swamps and forested swamps. Shrub swamps are found in Northern and Southern Florida while the Mangrove swamp is a type of shrub swamp found typically in southern Florida. There are three endangered species in swamps that are the Florida panther, wood stork, and the southern bald eagle. The reason why the florida panther is endangered because of habitat loss. The wood stork is endangered because of pollution. The southern bald eagle is endangered because of pesticides. The interesting about our ecosystem is how the animals work together example, the alligator opens its mouth and a bird come is and cleans it.
Animals
Plants
Abiotic
Biotic
Food Web
Florida Swamp
Alligator
Anaconda
Human Impacts
Scientific Classification of a Black Bear
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Fissipedia
Family: Ursidae
Subfamily: Ursinae
Genus: Ursus
Subgenus: Euarctos
Species: Americanus