
Florida Scrub
Photo credit: USGS/SOFIA
The Endangered Ecosystems of Florida
The Florida Scrub
To begin, what is an Ecosystem?
It is an Environment within which many Species,
both Plant (flora) and Animal,
(fauna)
maintain
a way of daily life, unconsciously
interdependent upon one another and
the area that they inhabit together.
The Florida Scrub Ecosystem is defined as
a sandy area with little vegetation.
This oldest Florida Ecosystem is an ideal
home for the Scrub Jay, Gopher Tortoise,
Sand Skink and many other Endangered Species.

Florida Scrub
Photo credit: USGS/SOFIA
The fact that the Endangered Scrub areas are in rapid
decline due to building expansion into their spaces,
is in direct relation to the decline in the animal
and plant life that inhabit it as well.
Places to learn more:
Archibald Station
Discovering Florida's Scrub
Defenders of Wildlife
Endangered Ecosystems
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Florida Acquires Rare Coastal Scrub Habitat
Florida Native Plant Society
Ecosystems of Florida
Floridata
Animals of
the Florida Scrub
Plants of
the Florida Scrub
The
Florida Scrub
National Wildlife Federation
Florida
Everglades Ecosystems Virtual Tour
Preservation 2000
Conserving
Florida's Natural Land and Water
SFWMD
Lake Okeechobee
Star Banner
The
Ocala National Forest Ecosystem
UF
Endangered
Florida Scrub
USGS - SOFIA
Habitat and Species Recovery
Land Management
SOFIA: USGS kids page for Florida's Ecosystems
South Florida Recovery
Virtual Tour of Everglades
U.S.G.S. Biological Resources
Endangered
Ecosystems
Scientific Data about our Nation's
Biological Resources
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