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

Walking with the Alligators

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