Sawgrass Lake Park

Location:  Sawgrass Lake Park

Date: 10/ 16/2014

Temperature: 79 F

Weather: Partly Cloudy, about 50% cloud coverage

Park was partially maintained

Going to the Park, we went to learn about Lakes and Ponds and their surrounding areas.  The nature trail leading to Sawgrass Lake is a boardwalk. Along the way, we saw many different animals and plants.

In the building, there was a display of some taxidermy that could be seen or use to be seen around Sawgrass Park Lake. When walking through the park I saw different organisms. I saw some turtles, birds, alligators, a salamander, and insects.

 

 

 

     In the first two pictures there are turtles. One is walking across the back parking lot and the other one is burrowing in a hole. In the third picture there is a baby alligator just floating. There were quit a few but this was the best picture. in the bottom picture there is a cormorant which was there at the beginning of the field trip and the end.                      

 Along the way we also saw different plant species and different habitats. We saw the different layers of the forest such as canopy layer, shrub, and ground cover. There were also trees tipped over which can create habitats for organisms or a platform for other smaller plants to grow on.












In the surrounding pictures we can see all the different types of layers and plants that live within the area. The trail is built on a boardwalk because of the flooding that can occur when it rains.  In the picture on the left we can see little
 bromides growing on a tree.