Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Everglades National Park' has mentioned 'Mangrove' in the following places:
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[7] The park is the most significant breeding ground for tropical wading birds in North America and contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere. | WIKI |
Contents 1 Geography 2 Geology 3 Climate 4 Hydrography 5 Ecosystems 5.1 Freshwater sloughs and marl prairies 5.2 Tropical hardwood hammocks 5.3 Pineland 5.4 Cypress and mangrove 5.5 Coastal lowlands 5.6 Marine and estuarine 6 Human history 6.1 Native peoples 6.2 American settlements 6.3 Land development and conservation 7 Park history 7.1 Restoration efforts 7.2 Park economics 7.3 Leadership and administration 8 Activities 8.1 Trails 8.2 Camping and recreation 8.3 Dark skies site 9 Threats to the park and ecology 9.1 Diversion and quality of water 9.2 Urban encroachment 9.3 Endangered and threatened animals 9.4 Drought, fire, and rising sea levels 9.5 Non-native species 10 See also 11 References 12 Bibliography 13 External links | WIKI |
Cypress and mangrove[edit] | WIKI |
Mangrove trees cover the coastlines of South Florida, sometimes growing inland depending on the amount of salt water present within the Everglades ecosystems. | WIKI |
Three species of mangrove treesxe2x80x94red (Rhizophora mangle), black (Avicennia germinans), and white (Laguncularia racemosa)xe2x80x94can be found in the Everglades. | WIKI |
With a high tolerance of salt water, winds, extreme tides, high temperatures, and muddy soils, mangrove trees are uniquely adapted to extreme conditions. | WIKI |
[38] The mangrove system in Everglades National Park is the largest continuous system of mangroves in the world. | WIKI |
Within the Florida mangrove systems live 220xc2xa0species of fish, and a variety of crabs, crayfish, shrimp, mollusks, and other invertebrates, which serve as the main source of food for many birds. | WIKI |
[40] Dozens of bird species use mangroves as nurseries and food stores, including pelicans, grebes, tricolored herons (Egretta tricolor), gulls, terns, hawks and kites, and arboreal birds like mangrove cuckoos (Coccyzus minor), yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia), and white-crowned pigeons (Patagioenas leucocephala). | WIKI |
The largest body of water within the park is Florida Bay, which extends from the mangrove swamps of the mainland's southern tip to the Florida Keys. | WIKI |
Mangrove trees on the coasts were taken down for better views and replaced with shallow-rooted palm trees. | WIKI |
Closest to Homestead on State Road 9336 is the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, where a 38-mile (61xc2xa0km) road begins, winding through pine rockland, cypress, freshwater marl prairie, coastal prairie, and mangrove ecosystems. | WIKI |
[104] Closer to Flamingo, more rugged trails take visitors through mangrove swamps, along Florida Bay. | WIKI |
It contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, the largest continuous stand of sawgrass prairie and the most significant breeding ground for wading birds in North America. | UNESCO |
Criterion (ix): The Everglades contains vast subtropical wetlands and coastal/marine ecosystems including freshwater marshes, tropical hardwood hammocks, pine rocklands, extensive mangrove forests, saltwater marshes, and seagrass ecosystems important to commercial and recreational fisheries. | UNESCO |