Manatees, also known as sea cows, are large aquatic mammals that live in the slowly moving, often murky waters of some regions of the Everglades. Here, white-tailed deer can be seen foraging in sawgrass prairie and bobcats have been found in the mangroves. As a semi-aquatic environment, Everglades are home to many species commonly found in drier forest and field habitats.
The Everglades has more than 40 mammal species within the park. Many unique reptiles inhabit the park, including a variety of turtles, snakes, alligators, crocodiles, and lizards. The songs of frogs and toads can be heard around the landscape. Animal species in the park range include a large number of federally endangered, threatened, and invasive species.ĭue to the aquatic environment of the Everglades, the park is the ideal habitat for many amphibious species. Within the estuarine environment of the Everglades are commercially and recreationally important fish, crustaceans, and mollusks that impact the health of the national park and beyond.Įverglades National Park is known for its great animal biodiversity, including endemic species, meaning species not found anywhere else. Here, seagrass and algae form the base of the food chain. Marine and estuarine (places where freshwater meets the sea) habitats contain the largest body of water within Everglades National Park is Florida Bay, an area 800 square miles wide with submerged vegetation.
In the Florida Everglades, it is common to find the trees clustered in the shape of a dome with larger trees in the middle and smaller trees around, growing in linear shapes parallel with water flow, or thinly distributed on drier land in poor soil (dwarf cypresses).
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