The Habitats of Everglades National Park

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The Habitats of Everglades National Park
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How Habitats Form
Slight changes in elevation (only inches), water,
and soil create entirely different landscapes,
each with its own community of plants and animals.
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Some Different Kinds of Habitats
Habitat Name Habitat Forming Factors
Marine / Estuary Underwater, tides to churn nutrients
Mangroves Forms because of accumulation of leaves
Tidal Marshes Becomes wet and dry depending on tides
Cypress Swamp Cypress trees live in deeper water and build up of leaves
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Some More Different Kinds of Habitats
Habitat Name Habitat Forming Factors
Slough Slow moving with grasses
Prairie Gets dry and wet with rainstorms
Hammock Hardwoods some flooding
Pinelands Very dry, has many pine trees and seasonal brush fires
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The Major role of Elevation

• The River of Grass
• The everglades is a really big river, but its
  moving to slow to see. This is because South
  Florida is flat, really flat.
• Some land is elevated by only 1 foot above the
  water table, but its dryer. Different plants and
  animals need this dryer land, creating many
  different ecosystems in every habitat.

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Animals Living in the Habitats
Each of these animals are endangered. This means
their habitats are being destroyed by humans and
find it difficult to live. They cant live
anywhere else so we can only help by fixing their
Habitats.
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Everglades in Motion
Wood stork lifts his wings to scare out its food
The Everglades in the past
To learn more, visit http//www.nps.gov/ever/eco/