Cypress Swamp
JoeyChase
Kate
Ecosystem’s Location North America in the Everglades
national park in Florida
Define Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers Producers = organisms that take the suns energy and make their own food
Consumers = organisms that rely on other living things to provide food for them
Decomposers = organisms that break down dead plants and animals back into the ground to make their food
Examples of producers, consumers & decomposers Producers= trees ,flowers ,grass , plants
Consumers= fish , deer, alligators , snakes
Decomposers= mushrooms , mold , bacteria , worms
Life in the Ecosystems Wet, grassy, A lot of reptiles like alligators and
snakes Marshy Not a lot of land animals because most
of the land is water
Living and Nonliving thingsliving nonliving
Cypress treesCrocodilesWorm-eating warblerBrow headed crow birdFloating logs (type of alligator)Snapping turtlesFishAlligatorsCrabs SnakesEpiphytes (plants that grow on trees)(E.T.C.)
WaterDrift woodDuckweed
How living things meet their needs
Swamp birds like the spoonbill and brow pelican use their beaks to spear fish to eat
The type of alligator called the floating log camouflages itself as a floating log so it will not be noticed and it can easily hunt for food.
Amazing Facts There is a type of alligator that is called
a floating log. Cypress trees can grow to over 1,000
years Some trees like the bald cypress tree
have “knees” which are part of its trunk that grows out of the water into an arch shape.
Bibliography Swamp by: Donald M. Silver Swamp Life by: Theresa Greenway Protecting Wetlands by: Andrew
Cambell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cypr
ess_Swamp
Wetlands Explorer by: Mary Quigley