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Alligator (fire) Flag

used for fire protection
Cypress Tree

have "knees"; large base for in water; live in swamps
Poison Ivy

3 leaflets
reddish stem
vine
Sabal palm
Saw Palmetto

fibrous base keeps inside cool
welcomes fire
Slash pine

leaves at top for fire resistance
spanish needles
tickseed
Live Oak

-called that because they always have leaves--keep old leaves till new leaves push through.
-branches are all spread out
Red maple

-state tree of rhode island
-very adaptable to wide range of conditions (swamps, poor soil)
-aka swamp maple/soft maple
Wax Myrtle

aka bayberry
Spanish Moss

-epiphyte
-aka "air plant"
Resurrection Fern

fern curls up and looks dead in the cold but then 'resurrects' never actually dies
swamp (marsh) fern

lives in swamps
Brazilian pepper

aka: florida holly
birds eat berrys and scatter them
invasive species
Australian Pine

invasive species
from australia
release a chemical that keeps other plants from growing
Melaleuca tree

"paper bark" "tea tree"
from australia
Coyote
Bobcat
Black bear
Carolina (green) anole

native to north America
Cuban (Brown) Anole

invasive...pushing out the native california anoles
Fiddler Crab

one big claw, one little claw
Corn snake

subdues small prey by constriction
native to NA
Indigo Snake

native snakes
largest native snake in NA
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

native; venomous
Great Egret

yellow bill
all white
black legs & feet
Snowy Egret

black legs, yellow feet (yellow snow boots)
black bill
Cattle Egret

follows herds to eat insects that are stirred up
Great Blue Heron

Largest North American heron
black plumes around face
yellowish bill
Little Blue heron

small, completely blue as adults
white as babies
Tri-colored heron

white belly,
stalks prey in water
medium-sized
black tipped bill
Cardinal
Mockingbird

often mimics the songs of other birds and insects
Mourning Dove
Red Bellied Woodpecker

Name is misleading, most prominent red part is its head
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Boat-tailed Grackle

red one is female
black one is male
Carolina Wolf Spider

2 of its 8 eyes are more prominent
Black Widow Spider
Lubber Grasshopper
Zebra Longwing Butterfly

official state butterfly of florida
Peacock butterfly