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Barley Barber Swamp

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The Barley Barber Swamp, once a vast Bald Cypress forest and waterway in the Greater Everglades watershed, is a parcel of land surrounded by Florida Power & Light's (FPL) Martin County power plant. [1]

43 relations: Acer rubrum, Acquittal, Acrostichum, American alligator, Annona glabra, Anthropology, Bald eagle, Boardwalk, Bobcat, Cooling pond, Egret, Environmental impact statement, Everglades, Ficus aurea, Florida East Coast Railway, Florida Power & Light, Forest, Henry Flagler, Herbert Hoover Dike, Hydrology, Ibis, Indiantown, Florida, Lake Okeechobee, Limpkin, Martin County, Florida, Mound Builders, Native Americans in the United States, North American river otter, Old-growth forest, Pottery, Private property, Psilotum, Seminole Inn, September 11 attacks, Taxodium distichum, Trespass, Vittaria, Wader, Waterway, Watt, Wetland, White-tailed deer, Wood stork.

Acer rubrum

Acer rubrum, the red maple, also known as swamp, water or soft maple, is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central North America.

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Acquittal

In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an offense, as far as the criminal law is concerned.

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Acrostichum

Acrostichum is a fern genus in the Ceratopteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.

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American alligator

The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States.

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Annona glabra

Annona glabra Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the Soursop and Cherimoya.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and human behaviour and societies in the past and present.

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Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek ἅλς, hals "sea", αἰετός aietos "eagle", λευκός, leukos "white", κεφαλή, kephalē "head") is a bird of prey found in North America.

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Boardwalk

A boardwalk (board walk, boarded path, promenade) is a constructed pedestrian walkway, often alongside a beach, as walking paths through a park, or in some other tourist area built with wood boards.

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American cat that appeared during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago (AEO).

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Cooling pond

A cooling pond is a man-made body of water primarily formed for the purpose of supplying cooling water to a nearby power plant or industrial facility such as a petroleum refinery, pulp and paper mill, chemical plant, steel mill or smelter.

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Egret

An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season.

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Environmental impact statement

An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment".

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Everglades

The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone.

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Ficus aurea

Ficus aurea, commonly known as the Florida strangler fig (or simply strangler fig), golden fig, or higuerón, is a tree in the family Moraceae that is native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama.

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Florida East Coast Railway

The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Florida Power & Light

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Henry Flagler

Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, first based in Ohio.

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Herbert Hoover Dike

The Herbert Hoover Dike is a dike around the waters of Lake Okeechobee in Florida.

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Hydrology

Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability.

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Ibis

The ibises (collective plural ibis; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains.

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Indiantown, Florida

Indiantown is a village in Martin County, Florida, United States.

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Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee,, also known as Florida's Inland Sea, is the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida.

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Limpkin

The limpkin (Aramus guarauna), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to cranes.

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Martin County, Florida

Martin County is a county located in the Treasure Coast region in the state of Florida, in the United States.

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Mound Builders

The various cultures collectively termed Mound Builders were inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000-year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious, ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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North American river otter

The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter or the common otter, is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to the North American continent found in and along its waterways and coasts.

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Old-growth forest

An old-growth forest — also termed primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, or late seral forest— is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features and might be classified as a climax community.

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Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic material which makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.

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Private property

Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.

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Psilotum

Psilotum is a genus of fern-like vascular plants, commonly known as whisk ferns.

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Seminole Inn

The Seminole Inn, also known as the Seminole Country Inn, is a Mission Revival style historic hotel located at 15885 Southeast Warfield Boulevard in Indiantown, Florida.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Taxodium distichum

Taxodium distichum (bald cypress, cypress, southern-cypress, white-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, Gulf-cypress, red-cypress, or swamp cypress) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils in the lowlands of the Southeastern and Gulf Coastal Plains of the United States.

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Trespass

Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.

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Vittaria

Vittaria, the shoestring ferns, is a genus of ferns in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae.

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Wader

Waders are birds commonly found along shorelines and mudflats that wade in order to forage for food (such as insects or crustaceans) in the mud or sand.

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Waterway

A waterway is any navigable body of water.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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White-tailed deer

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia.

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Wood stork

The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley_Barber_Swamp

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