Florida Everglades Food Web
Frances V. L. Moseley
Principles of Biology BIO 101
University of Phoenix Augusta Campus
AGUC1007F
Dr. Willie Frazier
October 21, 2008
The Florida Everglades were formed over thousands of years. The Everglades is a very large wetland with over 4,500 miles of slow moving waters that branch off into different tributaries, and eventually they run into the ocean. (Robbins, 1998)
The Everglades is composed of five habitats with numerous different species of plants and wildlife living in them. (Woodmansee, 1998)
I. Hardwood Hammock
a. Grey fox –consumer - omnivore
b. Raccoon – consumer - omnivore
c. Box turtle – consumer - omnivore
d. Tree snail – consumer - herbivore
e. Tree frog – consumer - carnivore
f. Green snake – consumer - carnivore
g. among others
II. Mangroves
a. American alligator – consumer - carnivore
b. Brown pelican – consumer - carnivore
c. Green sea turtle – consumer - omnivore
d. Key deer – consumer - herbivore
e. Manatee – consumer - herbivore
f. Osprey – consumer - carnivore
g. Roseate spoonbill – consumer - omnivore
h. among others
III. Pineland
a. Diamondback rattlesnake – consumer - carnivore
b. Florida Panther – consumer - carnivore
c. Indigo snake – consumer - carnivore
d. Barred owl – consumer - carnivore
e. Coral snake – consumer - carnivore
f. King snake – consumer - carnivore
g. Woodpecker – consumer - carnivore
h. Black bear – consumer - omnivore
i. Red rat snake – consumer - carnivore
j. among others - consumer
IV. Sawgrass
a. Great blue heron – consumer - carnivore
b. Wood stork – consumer - carnivore
c. Bald eagle – consumer - carnivore
d. Zebra butterfly – consumer - herbivore
e. Sandhill crane – consumer - - carnivore
f. Turkey vulture – consumer - carnivore
g. Apple snail – consumer herbivore
h. Snail kite – consumer -...