USGS Multimedia Gallery
vegetation
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Marine Vegetation and Rocks
Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters....
Flooded marsh
The marsh of Water Conservation Area 3 as seen looking north of I-75 (Alligator Alley). Spatterdock are seen in the foreground....
Flooded marsh
Flooded marshes of Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3), seen north of I-75 (Alligator Alley)....
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))....
Yellowtop
Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator Alley) intersection....
Morning glory
A morning glory resting amid ferns, alongside the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve boardwalk....
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....
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. ...
Canopy of mangroves
Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at a thick canopy of mangroves....
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....
Red mangrove trees
Young red mangrove trees grow among the prop roots of mature red mangroves at West Lake Park.... |