Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, at ferns and lilies growing in
the ponded waters.
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Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, at ferns and lilies growing in
the ponded waters.
Looking through the cypress-maple swamp, at Fern Forest.
Looking through the cypress-maple swamp, at Fern Forest.
Sea grapes form a tunnel over this section of the dune path at Blowing Rocks
Preserve.
Sea grapes form a tunnel over this section of the dune path at Blowing Rocks
Preserve.
A red maple sapling with its new, red-colored leaves, at Fern Forest.
A red maple sapling with its new, red-colored leaves, at Fern Forest.
Looking down the boardwalk through a tropical hardwood hammock
community, at Fern Forest.
Looking down the boardwalk through a tropical hardwood hammock
community, at Fern Forest.
A marl limestone outcropping amid ferns on the Fern Forest floor.
A marl limestone outcropping amid ferns on the Fern Forest floor.
A giant leather fern along the boardwalk, at Fern Forest.
A giant leather fern along the boardwalk, at Fern Forest.
A sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) along the dune path at Blowing Rocks Preserve.
A sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) along the dune path at Blowing Rocks Preserve.
Along the Blowing Rocks Preserve dune path, a gumbo limbo tree stands out
from the sea grape and palm that also populate the dune.
Along the Blowing Rocks Preserve dune path, a gumbo limbo tree stands out
from the sea grape and palm that also populate the dune.
Looking down from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks
Preserve, at the low tidal waters of the Indian River Lagoon heavily populated
with fiddler crabs.
Looking down from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks
Preserve, at the low tidal waters of the Indian River Lagoon heavily populated
with fiddler crabs.
Strangler fig tree that has enveloped its host tree, at Fern Forest.
Strangler fig tree that has enveloped its host tree, at Fern Forest.
Cypress trees and other vegetation seen within the ponded waters of Fern
Forest.
Cypress trees and other vegetation seen within the ponded waters of Fern
Forest.
A flowering spanish bayonet seen just before the boardwalk on the western side
of Blowing Rocks Preserve.
A flowering spanish bayonet seen just before the boardwalk on the western side
of Blowing Rocks Preserve.
Looking north from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks
Preserve, at the exposed tidal flats of the Indian River Lagoon.
Looking north from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks
Preserve, at the exposed tidal flats of the Indian River Lagoon.
A buttonwood seen from the boardwalk of Blowing Rocks Preserve.
A buttonwood seen from the boardwalk of Blowing Rocks Preserve.
Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, ferns and other plants
prosper.
Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, ferns and other plants
prosper.
On the Lake Okeechobee side of Control Structure S-191, double-crested
cormorants rest atop the buoys and wooden posts. Lake Okeechobee is seen
to the right.
On the Lake Okeechobee side of Control Structure S-191, double-crested
cormorants rest atop the buoys and wooden posts. Lake Okeechobee is seen
to the right.
With canal-side gates closed behind them and the Lake Okeechobee lakeside
gates open before them, a boater slowly exits from the Port Mayaca
Navigational Lock.
With canal-side gates closed behind them and the Lake Okeechobee lakeside
gates open before them, a boater slowly exits from the Port Mayaca
Navigational Lock.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel overlooks the closing of the lakeside
gates at the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock. Lake Okeechobee is in the
background.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel overlooks the closing of the lakeside
gates at the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock. Lake Okeechobee is in the
background.
Canal 59 in the foreground and Control Structure S-191, which controls water
flow into Lake Okeechobee.
Canal 59 in the foreground and Control Structure S-191, which controls water
flow into Lake Okeechobee.
Looking eastward from the middle of the Port Mayaca Dam, at the St. Lucie
Canal, which connects to Lake Okeechobee.
Looking eastward from the middle of the Port Mayaca Dam, at the St. Lucie
Canal, which connects to Lake Okeechobee.