Welcome to the Everglades!

There are 8 main ecosystems in the Everglades National Park. They are hardwood hammock, pinelands, mangrove, coastal lowlands, freshwater slough, freshwater marl prairie, cypress, and marine and estuarine.

• A hardwood hammock is a lot of broad-leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of a couple inches in elevation.

• Pinelands (or pine rocklands) are forests that gro...