1. The Everglades,
River of Grass

3. River of Grass (Seminole: Pa-Hay-Okee)

4. From the
Everglades Wildguide
By J.C. George, 1988,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

5. Lake Okeechobee

7. Anhinga trail boardwalk at Taylor Slough

8. Purple Gallinule eating lily flowers

9. Green Heron

10. Anhinga

12. Florida gar

13. swamp
lily
air plants

17. Everything is connected to everything else…
Web of life in the
Everglades:
Everything is connected
to everything else…
From the
Everglades Wildguide
By J.C. George, 1988,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

18. periphyton on surface of water

19. Tree islands (hammocks)

21. From the Everglades Wildguide by J. C. George, 1988, U. S. Dept
From the Everglades Wildguide by J.C. George, 1988, U.S. Dept. of the Interior

22. Gumbo
limbo tree
hammock forest interior
hammock forest interior

23. strangler fig

24. From the
Everglades Wildguide
By J.C. George, 1988,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

25. pine rocklands
(pinelands)
indigo snake

28. saw palmetto regeneration

29. From the
Everglades Wildguide
By J.C. George, 1988,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

30. From the Everglades
Wildguide
By J.C. George,
1988, U.S. Dept. of the
Interior

31. Cypress Head, ENP

36. white ibis
little blue heron

37. Florida redbelly turtle

39. leather fern

40. From the
Everglades Wildguide
By J.C. George, 1988,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

41. mangroves

42. Mangroves are land-
builders and land-
protectors in coastal
areas in addition to
harboring a huge
variety of biodiversity.

45. Mangrove swamps
worldwide are
highly threatened
by development and
shrimp-farming.
blue crab

46. Alligators—a possible keystone species?
From the
Everglades Wildguide
By J.C. George, 1988,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

47. alligator flag

48. a hidden gator hole

50. From the Everglades Wildguide by J. C. George, 1988, U. S. Dept
From the Everglades Wildguide by J.C. George, 1988, U.S. Dept. of the Interior

51. The Everglades International Biosphere Reserve World Heritage Site
Wetland of International Importance
Federal protection in part as a national park and in part as a national preserve

55. Nutrient imbalance from run-off (too many cattails!)

56. Brazilian pepper tree
Schinus mollis

58. Eastern or green
anole

59. Global warming is probably the biggest
threat of all if the Everglades survive
human activity and invasive species.
The vertical difference between the
highest point in the pine rocklands and
the bottom of the Florida bay marl
bed is only 14 feet. Height above
mean sea level is 7 feet.

60. What happens when glaciers and icebergs melt?
Researchers at a recent conference on
global change predicted a rise in sea
level of about 3 feet by 2100.

61. The Everglades—a very special but endangered treasure.