Animals & Plants of Congaree National Park
The 2 animals, plants, and fungi you can find at Congaree National Park, with sizes, diets, and whether you should worry. See the full park guide at Congaree National Park.
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Reptile American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
A big, armor-backed reptile that floats like a log in southern swamps and rivers, the top predator of the wetlands at Everglades and Congaree.
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Plant Spanish moss
Tillandsia usneoides
Not a moss at all but a flowering air plant that drapes in gray strands from the branches of trees at Congaree and the Everglades.