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A strangler fig in Everglades National Park, Florida.
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- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- Unknown
- Location
- Everglades National Park, Florida
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- This photograph copyright ©2009. All Rights Reserved
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A strangler fig in Everglades National Park, Florida. The strangler fig starts as an epiphyte (an organism growing upon a living plant), and slowly spreads its roots down across the host plant. This growth pattern allows the plant to compete with larger plants, even in the low light of the forest.
Everglades National Park was declared a national park in 1934, though it took the park’s proponents another 13 years to acquire funds and land. The park protects approximately one-fifth of the Everglades ecosystem and is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. It is a haven for a variety of rare and endangered species. The site is also an International Biosphere Reserve, a Wetland of International Importance, and a World Heritage Site.
