Florida Swamp Trees

Swamps may be classified as stillwater or river.

Florida swamp trees. Habitat wet to dry sites swamps bottom lands river floodplains wet flat woods. Pond cypress and bald cypress are the two species of cypress trees found in the everglades. Captured at the andean mountains of southern colombia cormorant on its throne in a florida swamp. Logging removed many of the large trees in some areas but today much of the swamp is protected as part of the big cypress national preserve.

Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family annonaceae in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya common names include pond apple alligator apple so called because american alligators often eat the fruit swamp apple corkwood bobwood and monkey apple. Another prominent wetland cypress swamp area sits on the florida georgia border at okefenokee swamp. Various types of plants as well thrive in the wetlands of the sunshine state. The tree is native to florida in the united states the caribbean central and south america and west africa.

Two species of cypress reside within the everglades the bald cypress taxodium distichum and the pond cypress taxodium ascendens. State of florida has a proliferation of swamp areas some of them unique to the state. The florida forest service is also grateful to the houghton mifflin company for its permission to use the following drawings from the native trees of florida by west and arnold. Cypress swamp courtesy south florida water management district.

These trees were harvested during the early to mid 1900s. Real florida swamp cypress trees florida swamp lily flowers in a garden. At its most conservative estimate the swamp measures 1 200 square miles 3 100 km 2 but the hydrologic boundary of the big cypress can be calculated at over 2 400 square miles 6 200 km 2. Swamp types in florida include.

Close up photography of beautiful florida swamp lily flowers. Florida swamps are a diverse ecosystem that provide habitat for wading birds during the migration season as well as endangered species such as black bear mink panther and fox squirrel. Florida swamps include a variety of wetland habitats. Pond cypress seagrape black cherry eastern redbud florida mahogany fringetree and black mangrove.

Cypress dome most common swamp habitat in florida. Description native florida tree to 60 plus feet in height with a dense symmetrical oval to rounded crown a trunk up to 4 feet in diameter. The name refers to its area rather than the height or diameter of the trees.