ABSTRACT
In South Florida, the term tree island is most often used to depict the island-like appearance of a patch of forest in an Everglades marsh, the topic of this chapter (Figure 4.1). The term is sometimes extended to mangrove islands in Florida Bay and to broadleaf forest patches (hammocks) in pinelands, but such alternate uses are rare. The “island” part of the term is its superficial resemblance. In the Everglades, if you are looking for relief during a summer adventure, you are in for an unpleasant surprise: most of the tree islands have no dry land during ordinary wet-season water levels.
