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UNESCO Paper The Everglades National Park, located in southern Florida, is the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United States and has extensive fresh and salt water areas, open Everglades, prairies, and mangrove forests. (1000 Friends of Florida, 2011). The plant life in the Everglades National Park consists of several different species: the marsh species, which includes saw grass, bladderwort, white water lily, spatterdock, maiden cane, and periphyton algae; the tree island and hammock species, which include royal palm, cabbage palm, live oak, gumbo limbo, and West Indian mahogany; orchids, bromeliads, and ferns; and mangroves. The animal life in the Everglades National Park consists of: birds, which include Woodstock, White and Glossy Ibises, Roseate Spoonbill, Great Blue, Great White and Tricolored Herons, Snowy and Great Egrets, Snail Kite, and Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow; land mammals, which include raccoon, skunk, opossum, bobcat, white-tail deer, and Florida panther; and other animals such as, the American alligator and the American crocodile, the West Indian manatee, and the bottlenose dolphin. (Robbins, 2011). The Everglades National Park contains a mixture of sub-tropical and …show more content…
Without preservation of the Everglades National Park, most of the animals would become extinct. The constant growth of development is the number reason for animals becoming extinct, next to them being hunted by humans. I would also propose to encourage the public in the surrounding communities to help out with the preservation projects throughout the