Coastal Wetland near Port Fourchon, Louisiana
Detailed Description
A coastal wetland near Port Fourchon (Louisiana) that contains a mixture of salt marsh grasses and mangrove trees. This location is near the northern range limit of mangrove forests in Louisiana. Thus, freeze events in the past have prevented mangrove forests from outcompeting the salt marsh plants. In the absence of freeze events, mangrove forests would dominate this wetland. The last major freeze event in this area occurred in December 1989, and mangroves have been expanding since then.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.