![]() The hammock is the raised area in the marsh. Trees, shrubs, and sloughs are located there. |
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![]() ![]() Fiddler crabs come in all sizes. The one on the right is a baby fiddler crab. |
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![]() The low marsh occupies the area just behind the levee. The tide floods this area of the marsh for several hours each day. The water moves slowly through the marsh across the dark anaerobic (without oxygen) mud. Due to the harsh conditions, few animals successfully live in the low marsh. This drawing was found on the internet. |
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The Marsh Periwinkle Littorina irrorata is a small gray colored snail that lives on the cordgrass stalks. They are herbivorous and feed on algae and other plant material deposited on the mud flats. The snails move down the stalks as the tide goes out, and climb back up when the tide returns. | ![]() |
![]() A marsh pond that serves as a "nursery" for baby plants and animals in the marsh. |
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![]() Cactus Pear is actually edible. Our teacher, Grant, prepared some for us to taste. |
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![]() The egret lives in the marsh and eats crabs. This picture came from the internet. |
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