Tree Hammocks - Habitat and shelter for animals
Tree hammocks are an oasis of life in the Everglades. Tree hammocks
are a type of tree island. Layers of vegetation can survive upon and
among each other in this lower light environment.
The physical structure of tree hammocks provides both habitat and
shelter (from both predators and the harsh Florida sun) for organisms
such as deer, panthers, opossum, and raccoons that would not survive
in the open sawgrass prairie and marsh.
During the wet season, tree hammocks are some of the only high and
dry parts of the Everglades landscape.
|
|
Opie the opossum is usually most active at night but will join
you today to tour the tree hammock.
Click below wherever you
see Opie to get more information.
|
|