List of Slides for Everglades NP

• Dawn over Ocala National Forest
• Take a look at Flamingo Campground, from Florida Bay. The water is barely waist-deep, even this far out!
• Miles and miles of sawgrass prairie cover much of Everglades NP. Sawgrass is tough, with sharp notched edges.
• A few trees are scattered across the sawgrass prairie.
• The prairie stretches to the horizon from Sawgrass Overlook.
• More sawgrass.
• Many shallow lakes such as Bear Lake are scattered throughout the sawgrass prairie.
• Another view of Bear Lake.
• Bear Lake again.
• An outcrop of Tamiami Limestone (Miocene in age) at Sawgrass Overlook.
• Mahogany and other trees grow on slightly raised "islands" in the sawgrass prairie, called hammocks.
• Another mahogany tree.
• A hammock in the distance.
• Royal palm trees are common. They are also susceptible to hurricane winds.
• Cycad trees date back to the Cretaceous Period and still grow here.
• A wide variety of waterfowl lives or passes through the Everglades during the year, including great blue herons and pelicans.
• Alligators live in the swamps.
• Sunrise at Flamingo Campground.