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!