Cranberry Glades Stop 10

The saturated soil of Cranberry Glades’ bogs provides the perfect environment for crustaceans called crawfish, crawfish or crawdads by some. These arthropods burrow into the substrate up to six feet in depth where water infiltrates their tunnels and allows the crawfish to use their gills to obtain oxygen. The crawfish burrows provide habitat for any number of small animals living in the bogs. In addition, the mixing of soil from the crayfish excavation helps to distribute scarce nutrients throughout the soil.