Wendy De la Garza
“Artsy” Mangrove forest
Updated: Dec 7, 2022
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:
