Everglades Species Inventory

Below is an inventory of the species we encountered while in Everglades and Biscayne Bay National Park.

Plants and Algae

Poisonwood

Brazilian pepper tree

Shrub morning glory

Cattail

Coastal plain willow

Sawgrass

Spatterdock

Pickerel weed

Pond Apple

Coconut palm

Christmas palm

Bismarck palm

Red mangrove

Black mangrove

Turtle grass

Manatee grass

Bubble algae (one of the largest single-celled organisms)

Insects and other invertebrates

White peacock butterfly

Zebra longwing butterfly

Julia Heliconian butterfly

The dozens of species of mosquitoes known to occur in Florida

Lugworm

Barrel sponge

Hermit crab (not sure which species)

Speckled swimming crab

Fish

Florida gar

Tilapia

Honeycomb cowfish

Blacktip shark

Atlantic stingray

Reptiles

American alligator

Florida Cottonmouth

Florida red belly turtle

Diamondback rattlesnake

Green iguana

Black spinytail iguana

Birds

Turkey vulture

Black vulture

Osprey

Great Blue Heron (also in white morph)

Anhinga

Great egret

Brown pelican

Double-crested cormorant

Mammals

Raccoon

West Indian manatee

ASB TEAM: Please add any others that I’ve forgotten!

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