USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: vegetation

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: vegetation http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_1 <![CDATA[The marsh of Water Conservation Area 3 as seen looking north of I-75 (Alligator Alley). Spatterdock are seen in the foreground.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_0 <![CDATA[Flooded marshes of Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3), seen north of I-75 (Alligator Alley).]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_1 <![CDATA[A large flock of birds, mostly egrets, resting and flying along a canal on Highway 833 (a short drive north off of I-75 (Alligator Alley)).]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_2 <![CDATA[Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator Alley) intersection.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_uYPc6GFrr4_06_17_2009_5 <![CDATA[Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3 landscape.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_qul8Ocb5NI_06_17_2009_2 <![CDATA[A morning glory resting amid ferns, alongside the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve boardwalk.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_q7MXp00oni_06_17_2009_0 <![CDATA[Looking from an observation deck, at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, onto a flock of birds resting in a brackish (somewhat salty) pond community. Mangrove islands grow inside and along the edges of the pond.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009_0 <![CDATA[At the end of the boardwalk behind the Briggs Nature Center at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, clusters of magenta fruits surround the stems of this American beauty berry shrub. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_c2Wj04Lyy6_06_17_2009_1 <![CDATA[Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at a thick canopy of mangroves.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_0 <![CDATA[Fiddler crab burrows abound in and around the intricate red mangrove root system submerged in the muddy tidal flats at West Lake Park.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_1 <![CDATA[Young red mangrove trees grow among the prop roots of mature red mangroves at West Lake Park.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_2 <![CDATA[A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_4 <![CDATA[A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide in West Lake Park.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_5 <![CDATA[Mangroves bordering the West Lake mud flats exposed by low tide.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_6 <![CDATA[Leaf detail of red mangrove at West Lake Park.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_8 <![CDATA[A group of black mangroves at West Lake Park.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_9 <![CDATA[Low tide in the mangrove forest of West Lake Park.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_10 <![CDATA[Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_11_2009_osj7NAy44G_02_11_2009_11 <![CDATA[Freshwater swamp in front of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_0 <![CDATA[Freshwater, cypress swamp at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_1 <![CDATA[Freshwater swamp covered with the aquatic plants duckweed and water spangles, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_2 <![CDATA[Ephiphytes thrive among the tall cypress trees at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_3 <![CDATA[Many different fern species prosper in the water and shade of a cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_4 <![CDATA[Red patches of "baton-rouge" lichen stand out against the green understory of a cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/02_09_2009_h40Of66EEy_02_09_2009_5