In Everglades National Park Today

We are on our way to do service Project #2 today. Just checked in at the visitor center and met up with Park Ranger Hillary Cooley. Today we are removing invasive plant species, we think it will be removing ardisia. I will confirm later for sure. The location of removal will be in Royal Palm. We are wearing long sleeve shirts and pants today to protect ourselves from scratches. We also need to be on the lookout for fireants. I guess last year's park ranger ended up covered in them and had to strip down to his undies, just to get them off of him. spreading over area where native plants are and are using up the nutrients that the native plants need. (side note, wondering how long strangler fig tree lives for)