Watery Wetlands

Now it is time for my final destination the completion to everlasting journey of environments. It’s watery wetlands time. I am visiting the Famous Florida’s freshwater marshes, they are well known because it is the single largest marsh system in the US, occupying almost 10,000 square kilometres. But a lot of the marsh has been taken away from development. The wetlands is filled with luscious vegitaion because it has a lot of tall reed plants, Typha and Phragmites grasses, Panicum and Cladium sedges, Cypress and Carex trees, Nymphea and Nelumbo floating aquatic plants. There are a lot of common invertebrates in this detrital ecosystem are true flies including midges, mosquitoes, and crane flies. Nematodes and enchytraceids are important decomposers in the system. Dominant mammal species include herbivores such as muskrats, shrews and mice. Waterfowl are distributed throughout the ecosystem along an elevation gradient, according to water adaptations. Abundant species include ducks, geese, swans, songbirds, swallows and black ducks. Although the shallow marshes do not support many fish, deeper marshes are home to many species, including northern pike and carp. This shows that it supports a lot of very interesting flora and furan. This may be the end for my journey but I think there are still some with journeys to complete.