everglade
Grassy Florida marsh
An everglade is a tract of low, swampy land characterized by tall grass and slow-moving water.
The word appears most often in its plural form referring to the Everglades, the vast wetland region in southern Florida: We took an airboat tour through the Everglades.
Waterlogged land with vegetation
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
- sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
fen · mire · wetland · mangrove · sawgrass · cypress · hammock · floodplain
swamp
Waterlogged land with vegetation
slough · fen · mire · wetland · mangrove · sawgrass · cypress · hammock · floodplain · backwater
alligator
Large American swamp reptile
manatee · panther · sawgrass · cypress · mangrove · wading birds · reptile · amphibian · biodiversity · subtropical
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- flatlandLevel, unvaried terrain
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
plain · tract · expanse · horizon · vista · waterway · channel · basin · lowland · subtropical
- the EvergladesFlorida's famous freshwater marsh
- Everglades National ParkFlorida subtropical wilderness reserve
- Florida EvergladesSouthern subtropical marsh ecosystem