Ossabaw Salt Marsh was originally published on Montegraphia
Ossabaw Salt Marsh
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A coastal and fragrant species of bayberry, Morella cerifera.
A coastal and fragrant species of bayberry, Morella cerifera.
Wax Myrtle
A coastal and fragrant species of bayberry, Morella cerifera.
Road through Ossabaw Island
Salt intrusion
Changes in the salinity of the brackish marshes have wiped out some of the cabbage palm lining the marsh’s highlands. Forests of dead palm remain, perforated by woodpeckers.
These salinity changes are likely a result of sea level rise.
Croton punctatus
Gulf or Beach Croton (Croton punctatus) with a sand-covered beetle.
I’m not sure what the beetle is doing, but it was actually the beetles that caught may attention when walking passed this plant on the dunes of Ossabaw Island. If anyone has and ideas, please share.
I’ve seen and posted about another species of Croton (C. argenteus), native to Costa Rica.
Live Oak at Genesis Project ruins
