Freshwater Marshes
Jessica Nidhan and Sierra Petrin
INtroduction
The average temperature in the Everglades in the Winter is high 77°f Low 53°f
The average temperature in the Everglades in the Summer is high 87°f Low 67°f
You may think that there is never hurricanes in the everglades because since it's in Florida, Florida doesn't really have that many hurricanes. But guess what, the Everglades has a hurricane season! The season and time hurricanes usually happen in the Everglades is May 1 through November 15.
Wonder how many acres the Everglades is?
1,296,500 acres !!!!!!
- Alligator
- American Crocodile
- Florida Panther
- Red- Cockaded Woodpecker
- Seaside Sparrow
- Snail Kite ( most endangered after the Florida Panther )
- West Indian Manatee
- Woodstork
Everglades Location
Food Web
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
- American Alligator
- American Coot
- American Crocodile
- Bladderwort
- Buttonbush
- Canvasback Duck
- Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
- Cattail
- Fire Flag
- Florida Green Water Snake
- Florida Sandhill Crane
- Leopard Frog
- Osprey
- Pickerelweed
- Pig Frog
- Red WInged Blackbird
- Wax Myrtle
- White Ibis
- Woodstork
- Red mangroves
Animals of the Everglades
What are the animals of the Everglades?
They are very important to the Everglades. And always very well known and seen in this certain area.
Everglade reptiles
What are the reptiles of the Everglades?
A Reptile is a cold-blooded vertebrate of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin, and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.
Examples~
- American Alligator
- American Crocodile
- Eastern Indigo Snake
- Sea Turtles
- Etc ...
The Everglade Crocodile
The Eastern Indigo Snake
The Everglade Turtle
Everglade Mammals
What are the Everglades Mammals?
Examples:
- Marsh Rabbit
- Florida Panther
- West Indian Manatee
- Raccoons
- Gray Fox
- Etc ...
Marsh Rabbit
The marsh rabbit is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water. Its scientific name is Sylvilagus palustris. A total length up to 17.
Florida Panther
The Florida panther is an endangered subspecies of cougar that lives in forests and swamps of southern Florida in the United States.Perceived as a threat to humans, livestock, and game animals, the species was nearly extinct by the mid-1950s.
West Indian Manatee
The West Indian manatee or "sea cow" is a manatee, and the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia. The West Indian manatee is a species distinct from the Amazonian manatee and the African manatee.
Everglade Birds
What are the everglade birds?
Examples:
- Osprey
- Purple Gallinule
- Great Blue Heron
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Etc ...
Purple Gallinule
Great Blue Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Everglade fishes
What are the fishes of the everglades?
Example:
- The Bluegill
- Brown Bullhead
- Channel Catfish
- Great Barracuda
- Everglades Pygmy Sunfish
- The Mosquito fish
- Etc ...
Channel Catfish
Great Barracuda
The great barracuda is a curious, fearsome-looking, usually solitary predator common to reefs and shallows of Florida and the Caribbean. Distinguished by a torpedo-shaped body, large eyes and mouth, formidable teeth, a double emarginate (notched) tail fin with pale tips on each lobe the Barracuda grows up to 2 meters in length. A fully grown fish would weigh nearly 50 kg!
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish
The Everglades are a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed.