https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye APES assignment en-us 2017-10-15 22:47:24 UTC 2025-10-08 18:33:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png caroline_haight https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/197173296 Flat Lorax is pictured at the east end of Loxahatchee road in front of a boat. The boat just came in from a ride through an everglades canal. This relates to APES because it is an example of water pollution. The unburned gasoline and lubricating oil motorboats leave in their wake can not dissolve in water and as a result can contaminate food supply of marine animals.]]> 2017-10-15 22:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/197173296 caroline_haight https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/197173714 Flat Lorax is pictured in Parkland, Florida in front of a pile of debris. The items on the pile were collected after Hurricane Irma hit Florida. This relates to APES because Hurricanes are an example of a natural disaster which can directly affect habitats of animals such as birds and squirrels when trees are knocked down or branches are pulled off (like the branches shown in the photograph)]]> 2017-10-15 22:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/197173714 caroline_haight https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/216799440 Flat Lorax is pictured next to an invasive grass called Neyraudia reynaudiana (also called Burma reed, silk reed, cane grass, or false reed) at the end of Loxahatchee road. This perennial grass originated in south Asia before being introduced  to south Florida. This relates to APES because it is an example of an invasive species, this plant is highly flammable and contributes to the spreading of fires in and around the Everglades National Park. Their enhancement of fires has been linked to the high mortality of the Florida Slash Pine.]]> 2017-12-17 19:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/216799440 caroline_haight https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/216801602 Flat Lorax is pictured with his new friend, the American Alligator, at the end of Loxahatchee road. The alligator is native to South Florida and contributes in multiple ways to the success of wild life in places like Everglades National Park. This relates to APES because as a native species, they are important pieces of the ecosystem where they originated. Alligators are top predators, this means they help maintain population sizes of species lower on the food chain as they interact with and consume these other species. The other way they provide for their ecosystem is gator holes, depressions created by adult Alligators using their feet or snouts which fill with water and become sanctuaries for fish, birds, insect, turtles, and snakes as the holes continuously expand and provide areas of water throughout the dry season and extended droughts.]]> 2017-12-17 20:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_haight/fktbbu7klcye/wish/216801602