Sawgrass Lake Park
October 15th, 2015

Temp: 86 degrees
Humidity: 42%.

Sawgrass Lake is a swampy grassland home to many species and plants. It is a total of 400 acres (WHOA). and consists of wet soil. It is located in St Petersburg Florida and is one of the largest maple swamps on the Gulf coast of Florida!

This is considered a swampy ecosystem. The maple tree goes periods of time with water covering majority of its roots that why it is lifted up so high!

We where able to see the different sections such as little ground (floor), shrubs, under tree, and canopy.

Alligators are very common in these areas because of the swampy atmosphere where they can adapt by being in or out of the water along with their dietary habits. We saw 14 baby gators with their mom! We also saw another gator in a separate section of the park! So don't go their at night! CHOMP.

We also saw a soft shell turtle swimming in the water! This animal was adaptable their due to his/her webbed feet to make swimming much easier! (Hopefully faster than the gators)

Pokeweed is dark berries and we saw many of those! Caterpillars surrounded specific trees in a web like form then they eat the leaf!

All the plants can grow and stay in this environment due to their adaptation to the musty soil.

Martians where at the front of the park on the line of stream, doing what they do best.. nothing. Actually they where probably eating or hanging out! Haha.

All in all this field trip was a very fun time! I loved the environment and seeing new trees. Also learning about new adaptations to different plants and animals.