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Image: Hot-pink pentas
Hot-pink pentas
Hot-pink pentas
Hot-pink pentas

Hot-pink pentas star-shaped flowers bud and grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Hot-pink pentas star-shaped flowers bud and grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Cattails and pickerelweed
Cattails and pickerelweed
Cattails and pickerelweed
Cattails and pickerelweed

Looking south, cattails and pickerelweed within impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Looking south, cattails and pickerelweed within impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Great egret and cattails
Great egret and cattails
Great egret and cattails
Great egret and cattails

A great egret flying above the predominately cattail marsh of impoundment #8
at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

A great egret flying above the predominately cattail marsh of impoundment #8
at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Boat-tailed grackle
Boat-tailed grackle
Boat-tailed grackle
Boat-tailed grackle

A male boat-tailed grackle standing in grasses by the water's edge of
impoundment #7, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

A male boat-tailed grackle standing in grasses by the water's edge of
impoundment #7, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Turkey vulture
Turkey vulture
Turkey vulture
Turkey vulture

A turkey vulture soars high in the sky above the Marsh Trail at Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge.

A turkey vulture soars high in the sky above the Marsh Trail at Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Spanish moss
Spanish moss
Spanish moss
Spanish moss

The gray leaves of spanish moss can be seen dangling from cypress trees all
along the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

The gray leaves of spanish moss can be seen dangling from cypress trees all
along the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Foliose lichens
Foliose lichens
Foliose lichens
Foliose lichens

Foliose lichens on a tree trunk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Foliose lichens on a tree trunk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Nettleleaf velvetberry
Nettleleaf velvetberry
Nettleleaf velvetberry
Nettleleaf velvetberry

Tiny blue flowers of nettleleaf velvetberry grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Tiny blue flowers of nettleleaf velvetberry grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Pickerelweed
Pickerelweed
Pickerelweed
Pickerelweed

Looking south, pickerelweed almost completely fills impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Looking south, pickerelweed almost completely fills impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Water level gauge
Water level gauge
Water level gauge
Water level gauge

Looking west, a water level gauge amid budding spatterdock with impoundment
#2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Looking west, a water level gauge amid budding spatterdock with impoundment
#2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Brown anole
Brown anole
Brown anole
Brown anole

Brown anole on the boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Brown anole on the boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Impoundment at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Looking west across the mixed vegetation and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image: Turtle atop rock
Turtle atop rock
Turtle atop rock
Turtle atop rock

A turtle basks in the sun atop a rock within the canal that surrounds Water
Conservation Area 1.

A turtle basks in the sun atop a rock within the canal that surrounds Water
Conservation Area 1.

Image: Mangrove crab
Mangrove crab
Mangrove crab
Mangrove crab

A mangrove crab camouflaged on the trunk of a mangrove tree at West Lake
Park.

A mangrove crab camouflaged on the trunk of a mangrove tree at West Lake
Park.

Image: Fiddler crab burrows
Fiddler crab burrows
Fiddler crab burrows
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.

Fiddler crab burrows abound in and around the intricate red mangrove root
system submerged in the muddy tidal flats at West Lake Park.

Image: Red mangrove
Red mangrove
Red mangrove
Red mangrove

A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters.

A red mangrove and its intricate aerial root system in west lake waters.

Image: Red mangroves
Red mangroves
Red mangroves
Red mangroves

A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide in West Lake Park.

A tangle of red mangroves and their roots at low tide in West Lake Park.

Image: Mangroves and mud flats
Mangroves and mud flats
Mangroves and mud flats
Mangroves and mud flats

Mangroves bordering the West Lake mud flats exposed by low tide.

Mangroves bordering the West Lake mud flats exposed by low tide.

Image: Red mangrove leaves
Red mangrove leaves
Red mangrove leaves
Red mangrove leaves

Leaf detail of red mangrove at West Lake Park.

Image: Male fiddler crab
Male fiddler crab
Male fiddler crab
Male fiddler crab

A male fiddler crab at West Lake Park.

Image: Mangroves and water
Mangroves and water
Mangroves and water
Mangroves and water

Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.

Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.

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