Images

Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters.

Looking eastward at the Tamiami Canal. Water Conservation Area 3 is to the
left and US 41 (Tamiami Trail) is to the right.

Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3 landscape.

Beyond the mangrove key islets that make up the Ten Thousand Islands, lies
the Gulf of Mexico. The Ten Thousand Islands are comprised of hundreds of
mangrove islands that extend northward from the northwest corner of
Everglades National Park. These uninhabited islands stretch for 60-miles

Adult brown pelican posing on a boat dock at Everglades City, Florida.

Ephiphytes thrive among the tall cypress trees at Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge.

Freshwater swamp in front of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Visitor
Center.

A boardwalk trail through the cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge.

The red-tinted fronds of a leather fern, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Swamp canopy and sky reflected in the swamp waters of Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge.

Red patches of "baton-rouge" lichen stand out against the green understory of a
cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Dark green fronds of a shield fern stand out against a mostly royal fern
background, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Metal culverts within this canal's banks transport water between the
impoundments and the canal at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

A close-up of cattails found within the predominately cattail marsh of
impoundment #8 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Freshwater swamp covered with the aquatic plants duckweed and water
spangles, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Freshwater, cypress swamp at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Many different fern species prosper in the water and shade of a cypress swamp
at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Looking southwest across the pickerelweed and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Looking northeast, at an inflow pumping station located near the northeast
corner of Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) 1 West.

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.

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.