1. The Everglades

2. What the everglades is
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The Everglades ecosystem is the only one of it’s kind in the united states. It is located in southern Florida between temperate and tropical zones makes it possible for many kinds of animals to live in it’s many different habitats. The large variety of animals that live there include invertebrates, both freshwater and saltwater fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. The damp climate is home to many plants that can’t be found anywhere else in the world. Much of the region is now included in Everglades National Park.

3. Animal group
Species
Threatened
Endangered
Birds
Artic peregrine falcon
Cape sable seaside sparrow
Piping plover
Red-Cockaded woodpecker
Roseate tern
Snail kite
Southern bald eagle
Wood stork *
insects
Schaus swallowtail butterfly
invertebrates
Stock island tree snail
mammals
Florida panther
Key largo cotton mouse
Key largo woodrat
West Indian Manatee
reptiles
American alligator
American Crocodile
Atlantic ridley turtle
Eastern indigo snake
Green turtle
Leather back turtle
Loggerhead turtle

4. The water in the Everglades
It is also called the river of grass
The highest elevation in the Everglades is only about 10 feet above sea level
In the 1940s settlers drained and cleared parts of the Everglades for farming
Lake Okeechobee is its only water source
Saw grass grows in the water of the Everglades