Images

Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator
Alley) intersection.

Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator
Alley) intersection.

Cypress trees with buttressed bases along trail in Big Cypress National Preserve.

A staghorn fern growing along the trunk of a cypress tree in Big Cypress
National Preserve.

Facing east, a panoramic view of Biscayne Bay. The mainland is seen at far
right. Biscayne Bay is an estuary, a place where freshwater and salt water
meet. Freshwater flow from the land supplies the bay with nutrients.

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.

Southern blue flag (Iris virginica) blooming in Big Cypress Swamp, in Big
Cypress National Preserve.

Epiphytes in tree top at Big Cypress National Preserve.

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.

Dune grasses and sea grapes stabilize the dunes at Blowing Rocks Preserve.

Rivinia humilis with red berries, at Fern Forest.

Looking down from the boardwalk at Fern Forest, ferns and other plants
prosper.

Close-up of sea grapes at Blowing Rocks Preserve.

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.

Tropical scarlet milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) blooming along the boardwalk,
at Fern Forest.

An outcropping of the Anastasia limestone formation seen along the shoreline
of Blowing Rocks Preserve at low tide.

A close-up of the outcropping of the Anastasia limestone formation seen along
the shoreline of Blowing Rocks Preserve at low tide.