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Down: 1) mixed fresh water and salt water2) a species of plant or animals that is in danger of extinction3) a group of plants, one-celled or many celled having chlorophyll without roots, and living in damp places or in water5) a tract of marshy land covered in places with tall grasses8) a prolonged dormant or sleep like state that enables an animal to survive the summer in a hot climate10) a wetland salt or fresh water where few if any trees and shrubs grow characterized by grasses and sedges; in fresh-water cattails are common12) an animal that lives by capturing other animals for food14) any group of tropical or subtropical growing in estuaries and other low-lying coastal areas, usually producing aerial roots or prop roots and often forming dense growth over a large area15) an island of trees16) the study of the relationship of living things to one another and to their physical environment.24) the place where an organism lives; the immediate surrounding living and unliving of an organism25) a foreign plant or animal that has been introduced intentionally or unintentionally into a new area27) a reef or low lying island Across: 4) partly decayed, moisture absorbing plant matter accumulated in bogs, swamps, etc6) the living part of the ecosystem; an assemblage of plants and animals living in a particular or physical habitat7) wetlands characterized by shrubs or trees such as maples, gums, bald cypress and mangroves. fresh water does not usually cover it year round9) a plant of the pineapple family; an air plant, grows on the trunks and branches of other plants or "spanish moss"11) all the external conditions such as soil, water, air and organisms surrounding a living thing13) a sedimentary rock derived from the shells and skeletons of animals deposited in seas and consisting mosty of calcium carbonate17) a species still present in its range but that without significant changes in conditions is capable of becoming endangered18) a channel of slow moving water in coastal marshland19) trees that shed their leaves annually. most hardwoods are these types and some conifers are too.20) trees with broad leaves; most are deciduous though many in South Florida retain leaves throughout year21) a deposit of mixed limestone and smaller amounts of clay22) the portion of a river or coastal wetland affected by the rise and fail of the tide; contains a graded mix of fresh and salt water23) a reins of plants and animals linked by their food relationships, beginning with a green plant and ending with a predator.26) a dense growth of broad leaved trees on a slightly elevated area not wet enough to be a swamp
 

 

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