“Artsy” Mangrove forest

I took these photos at Weedon Island during their photography hike last weekend.

Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

propagules:

Yellow crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) walking through Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) pneuomatophore root air snorkels:

Seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera), female tree with fruit:

Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) tree:

Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) prop roots and drop roots with lichen: