Boyd Hill

Boyd Hill

Things That Fly

a. The Anhinga Bird: The darting bird or the snake bird

b. Willow Marsh

c. Stabs fish with beak and controls fish population

d. Fish and small prey

e. Wading bird with long neck and sharp narrow beak

f. Sitting on a post searching water for food

g. 2 spotted

a. Common Sanddragon, Progomphus

b. near water in the willow marsh

c. Cruise on top of water to lay eggs

d. small insects

e. slender abdomen, black and slight yellow

f. searching near water, on a perched stick

g. 2 in the willow marsh and 1 on the island

a. The Buteo jamaicensis : red tailed hawk

b. fields or deserts with a place to perch in the air

c. take undefended eggs , population control

d. mice, rats, rabbits

e. red feathers on tail and white belly

f. perched in cage because of injury

g. 2 spotted

a. Apis meillifera: Western honey bee

b. woodlands, orchards, gardens, and etc.

c. makes honey, wax, and pollinates flowers.

d. pollen, nectar, and royal jelly.

e.honey yellow with black stripes

f. pollinating

g. 2 spotted

a. Argraulis vanillae: Gulf fritillary butterfly

b. Any sunny habitats such as: woodlands, pastures, parks, and etc.

c. Carry pollen from plant to plant.

d. Plant nectar such as hibiscus, Pentas, Lantana, and etc.

e. medium sized butterflu with orange with black spots.

f. Possibly pollinating or laying it's eggs. This butterfly lays it's eggs singly on a hostplant.

g. 3 spotted

The Island

a. Urbanus proteus : Long tailed skipper butterfly

b. Found in SE United States, brushy fields

c. pollination

d. flower nectar

e. long tails, dark wings and body is blue

f. pollinating

g. 1 spotted

a. Common green darner, Anax Junius

b. near water, the willow marsh and the island

c. Extremely fast flight speeds

d. mosquito larve and other small insects

e. Large black base with blue-green along the sides

f. Found in the willow marsh near a small puddle, possibly searching for a place to lay eggs

g. 1 in island and 1 in willow marsh

Sand Scrub

1. Habitat Pictures (3)

a. Shaded by spreading live oaks, the island looks out on Lake Maggiore. Perched on dead branches, anhingas fan their wings out to dry, turtles sun themselves on tussocks, a sandy soil, and alligators drift by.

2. Water hyacinth and the Banana Tree

a. The water hyacinth and the banana tree are both invasive species. The water hyacinth will evolve and grow quickly covering all of the water. Banana trees have also developed and are able to spread very quickly in large groups. The water hyacinth may have a beutiful flower, but will completely prevent the water below to recieve any sunlight. It also kills fish by using oxygen in the water quickly.

3. Soil

a. The soil is very wet and moist to keep plants growing fast and tall

b. The soil is most likely a type of loam, rich with nutrients and great for plants like Cassia, the plant that butterfly larva love.

Willow Marsh

1. Habitat

The habitat includes pine trees, gopher tortoises, dead trees, wildflowers, and other species.

2. Gopher Tortoise

The gopher tortoises niche is providing a home for lizards and snakes.

Gopher tortoises are cold-blooded reptiles. They are well adapted to dig their burrow. These burrows provide shelter from the sun, predators, and the fire. Also, they adapt to long distance walks because their back feet allow them to walk long distances. Gopher tortoises have difficult time swimming, so they avoid digging too deep into their burrows.

3. Soil

In the sand scrub, the soil is dry and sandy.

4. Prescribed burn

Prescribed burn is important because this technique manages forests, farming, and etc.

This fire is good for this habitat because if this habitat did not have periodic fires, it would become unhealthy. The fire recycles nutrients back into the soil. .

5. Dead Trees

Dead trees are benficial because they provides homes for birds who help control population. Dead trees are also food for bugs due to decaying bark.

Swamp Woodlands

1. Habitat pictures (3)

a. The freshwater willow marsh is dominated by plants such as cattails and sawgrass. In the shallow water microscopic plants and tiny floating mats of ferns and alge provide food and shelter for fish, turtles and birds.

2. Native species photo: American Alligator

a. Niche: Will eat invasive species and help control fish population

3. Food chain/food web -5 photos of different species

a. Duckweed is eaten by native apple snails. Native apple snails are eatten by invasive apple snails. Invasive apple snails are eaten by wading birds. Wading birds are eaten by the American Alligator.

b. Use arrows to show energy flow through the ecosystem

Mrs. Miller's pic of gopher tortoise

Native Apple Snails

The whole marsh is covered in duckweed

The American Alligator

1. Habitat pictures (3)

a. The swamp woodlands have saturated soils and standing water during parts of the year.

2. Invasive species : Taro plant

a. niche : the plant's roots protect the soil from eroding

b. invasive issue : the roots of the plant can grow over other species and take the nutrients such as sun and water, so the other species dies.

c. Taro was brought to America for a food source for slaves and originates from South/ Southeast Asia and South Africa.

3. Native species: Bald cypress

a. niche : the bald cypress' root system prevents soil erosion helping other plant species thrive

4. Strangler Fig

a. niche : wraps around other plants until death of the other plant

b. Symbiotic relationship : Parasitism - If one species of plant gets too large/ overtaking the environment the strangler fig can help limit the amount of space the plant takes up.

c. Other symbiotic relationships : Giant Leather fern and the Bald Cypress prevent soil erosion - mutualism

5. Soil

a. the soil is saturated and nutrient rich

b. the coloring of the soil is dark and damp and most likely peaty or loamy.