Flooded marsh
The marsh of Water Conservation Area 3 as seen looking north of I-75
(Alligator Alley). Spatterdock are seen in the foreground.... Location: FL, USA
Flooded marsh
Flooded marshes of Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3), seen north of I-75
(Alligator Alley).... Location: FL, USA
Flock of birds
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)).... Location: FL, USA
Fiddler crab burrows
Fiddler crab burrows abound in and around the intricate red mangrove root
system submerged in the muddy tidal flats at West Lake Park.... Location: FL, USA
Red mangrove trees
Young red mangrove trees grow among the prop roots of mature red mangroves
at West Lake Park.... Location: FL, USA
Red mangrove
A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters.... Location: FL, USA
Red mangroves
A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide in West Lake Park.... Location: FL, USA
Mangroves and mud flats
Mangroves bordering the West Lake mud flats exposed by low tide.... Location: FL, USA
Red mangrove leaves
Leaf detail of red mangrove at West Lake Park.... Location: FL, USA
Mangroves and mud flats
Low tide in the mangrove forest of West Lake Park.... Location: FL, USA
Mangroves and water
Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.... Location: FL, USA
Freshwater swamp
Freshwater swamp covered with the aquatic plants duckweed and water
spangles, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.... Location: FL, USA
Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Looking southwest across the pickerelweed and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.... Location: FL, USA
Cattails
A close-up of cattails found within the predominately cattail marsh of
impoundment #8 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.... Location: FL, USA
Pickerelweed
Long heart-shaped leaves and a few violet-blue flowers of the pickerelweed
extend above the swamp waters at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.... Location: FL, USA