In this picture we see the lake from a view from the bridge. On the way to South Housing last summer I actually noticed a pretty good sized gator in this lake while I was working for the University installing signage during the construction of Palmetto Hall.
This picture illustrates some sort of Wasp's nest, but we are not 100% positive.
Throughout our nature walk here at FGCU we observed a ton of species of plants and trees. Some species are considered to be exotic or invasive meaning that they are not natural to the Southwest Florida environment. One of these invasive species of trees is the Melaleuca tree, which was introduced in order to perform a certain function such as "improve the Southwest Florida environment for human habitation" by drying up the wet lands. These trees have invaded the Southwest Florida ecosystem, and are very detrimental to our fragile environment. Their paper like texture and rate of spread have caused for their removal.
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