Everglades Wildlife Management Area Conservation Area Number 3
Refuge in Doral, Miami
Expansive Everglades sawgrass marshes, tree islands, and wet sloughs viewed along perimeter levee trails.
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What to see
- Vast sawgrass marshes that form the defining wetland vegetative community of the central Everglades.
- Wooded tree islands elevated above the marsh, sheltering cabbage palms, pond apples, and wax myrtles.
- Canals and open-water sloughs dotted with floating wetland plants such as fragrant white water lilies.
- Perimeter levee pathways, including the L-67 levee, that give open views across the marsh landscape.
- The butterfly garden at the East Recreational area planted with native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees.
Plants you can see here
- Sawgrass Cladium jamaicense
- Cabbage palm Sabal palmetto
- Pond apple Annona glabra
- Carolina willow Salix caroliniana
- Wax myrtle Morella cerifera
- Fragrant water lily Nymphaea odorata
Each opens its page in SimplePlant's plant library, or its plant problems when it has no page yet.
Sources
- Everglades - Habitat and Management - FWC
- Everglades - Planning Your Visit - FWC
- Everglades - Things to Do - FWC
- epa.gov
- fiu.edu
- iastate.edu
- myfwc.com
Written from these sources and checked against them by a reviewer model.
Nearby plant places
Water Conservation Area 3B
Vast Everglades sawgrass marshes, open sloughs, and teardrop tree islands west of Miami.
Francis S Taylor Wildlife Management Area
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Amelia Earhart Park
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Miramar Pineland Natural Area
A rare remnant of South Florida slash pine flatwoods and restored wetlands with paved trails.
Tree Island Preserve
Native hydric hammock tree islands and marl prairie characteristic of Florida's East Everglades.
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