CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Everglades is often called the river of grass for its vast system of slow moving bodies of water which spread much further than the National Park boundaries. Over the years attempts to fill in and drain these wetlands to build homes and farms have damaged and polluted the Everglades.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Florida Everglades is actually a slow-moving river, 60 miles wide and over 100 miles long. It’s called the River of Grass because of the way it looks. With sawgrass marshes – cypress swamps and mangrove forests, the ‘glades is a spectacular sight.

Detailed explanation-3: -Other Names The Native Americans who lived here named it Pa-hay-Okee which translates into “grassy waters.” Marjory Stoneman Douglas (journalist & writer) created another well known name for the Everglades, “the River of Grass.” This name came from her famous book titled: Everglades: River of Grass.

Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to sawgrass, short-hydroperiod marl prairies in Everglades National Park are dominated by muhly grass, which is in the Poaceae family. Other common species of native grasses include blackrush, arrowfeather, Florida bluestem, and Elliot’s lovegrass. Typically, the vegetation is less than 4 feet tall.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Everglades are subtropical wetlands whose fresh water system begins near Orlando in the Kissimmee River. The water moves from the Kissimmee River to the shallow Lake Okeechobee, which averages 12 feet deep and covers 730 square miles.