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Cypress Swamp. Joey Chase Kate. Ecosystem’s Location. North America in the Everglades national park in Florida. Define Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers. Producers = organisms that take the suns energy and make their own food
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Cypress Swamp Joey Chase Kate
Ecosystem’s Location • North America in the Everglades national park in Florida
Define Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers • Producers = organisms that take the suns energy and make their own food • Consumers = organisms that rely on other living things to provide food for them • Decomposers = organisms that break down dead plants and animals back into the ground to make their food
Examples of producers, consumers & decomposers • Producers= trees ,flowers ,grass , plants • Consumers= fish , deer, alligators , snakes • Decomposers= mushrooms , mold , bacteria , worms
Life in the Ecosystems • Wet, grassy, • A lot of reptiles like alligators and snakes • Marshy • Not a lot of land animals because most of the land is water
How living things meet their needs • Swamp birds like the spoonbill and brow pelican use their beaks to spear fish to eat • The type of alligator called the floating log camouflages itself as a floating log so it will not be noticed and it can easily hunt for food.
Amazing Facts • There is a type of alligator that is called a floating log. • Cypress trees can grow to over 1,000 years • Some trees like the bald cypress tree have “knees” which are part of its trunk that grows out of the water into an arch shape.
Bibliography • Swamp by: Donald M. Silver • Swamp Life by: Theresa Greenway • Protecting Wetlands by: Andrew Cambell • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cypress_Swamp • Wetlands Explorer by: Mary Quigley