Marine Vegetation and Rocks
Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters.... Location: FL, USA
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
Yellowtop
Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator
Alley) intersection.... Location: FL, USA
Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3
Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3 landscape.... Location: FL, USA
Morning glory
A morning glory resting amid ferns, alongside the Fakahatchee Strand State
Preserve boardwalk.... Location: FL, USA
Brackish Pond Community
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.... Location: FL, USA
American Beauty Berry Shrub
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. ... Location: FL, USA
Canopy of mangroves
Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at a thick canopy of mangroves.... 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