Virtual Field Trip to the Florida Keys

Upper Keys: Location 5 - Long Key


Long Key State Park. Near the muddy tidal creek.


red mangrove roots

The prop roots of red mangroves, Rhizophora mangle. Note the whitish appearance of the roots: they are encrusted with small carbonate-secreting invertebrate organisms: serpulid worms, small molluscs etc.


Last updated: 4 April, 2002 15:45