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Thursday, March 8, 2018

March 8, 2018

Location: Satellite Beach, Samsons Island

These are known as Red Mangroves,
You can ID them by their umbrella-like roots.
Often in or near brackish water, you'll find
Their embryonic root propagules.

Sources: Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce - Red Mangrove 

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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