Animals & Plants of Everglades National Park
The 4 animals, plants, and fungi you can find at Everglades National Park, with sizes, diets, and whether you should worry. See the full park guide at Everglades 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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Bird Great horned owl
Bubo virginianus
A big night hunter with feathery "horns" and a deep hoot, found from the saguaro desert to the Everglades, hunting after dark on silent wings.
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Bird Sandhill crane
Antigone canadensis
A tall gray wading bird with a red forehead and a bugling call, gathering by the thousands near Great Sand Dunes and standing year-round in the Everglades.
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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.