Native plants can be used for beautification and require minimum
 establishment and maintenance. Some of the trees are bald cypress,
 cabbage palm, pond cypress and slash pine. Some of the shrubs are
 buttonbush, dahoon holly, and waxmyrtle. Some of the herbs are aster and
 sunflower.

 The most important urban wildlife are songbirds and water-adapted reptiles
 and mammals. Undisturbed areas provide good escape cover and travel
 routes for all forms of wildlife.

ENDANGERED AND THREATENED PLANTS AND ANIMALS

The following threatened and endangered plants may occur in this community:

 HERBS Acuna's epidendrum, Epidendrum acunae; Auricled spleenwort,
 Asplenium auritum; Bird's nest spleenwort, Asplenium serratum;
 Cow-horn orchid, Cyrtopodium punctatum; Dwarf epidendrum,
 Encyclia pvgmaea; Hidden orchid, Maxillaria crassifolia;
 leafless orchid, Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum; Night-scent
 orchid, Epidendrum nocturnum; Nodding catopsis, Catopsis nutans

The following threatened or endangered wildlife species may be found in or
around this community:

 MAMMALS Florida panther, Felis concolor corgi

 BIRDS Wood stork, Mycteria americana

 REPTILES American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis