Hammock Park

The very last field trip we went on was to Hammock Park which is located in Dunedin. The objective of this field trip was too look at the hammocks in the park and see how they co-exist with other ecosystems as well. Hammock Park is anywhere from 85 to 103 acres which use to also use to be a citrus farm.

 Turks cap was growing near the parking spots. The other picture is where the trail started and the park is also very dog friendly as well. We saw at least 2 people walking there dogs.







Towards the back of the park there was a little creek that ran along the edge which separated the park from a neighborhood and a baseball field. Along the back as well were bat boxes.

 

These two pictures show the pine flatland . You can see two distinct layers: the canopy and the shrub layer. There were also mangroves and buttonwood growing at the beginning of the boardwalk trail. There was also a creek that went through this ecosystem as well. 

The right of the pictures show the different hammock layers that can be found in the park. There are also some trees that have fallen down which helps other plants grow or provides a food source or decomposers. 

This last picture is of a pine stand. When walking through the path there were massive red ants that covered it.