Some images from kayaking under the new Harry Truman bridge spanning the Vernon River and Salt Marsh. The Fiddler crabs and Marsh Periwinkle take refuge on a few of the support pillars.
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Maritime forests
Behind the dunes, live oak Quercus virginiana dominate the canopy of the maritime forest on much of Cumberland Island. The oaks are covered in epiphytes and lichens, including resurrection ferns and Spanish moss, and the under story is thick with saw palmetto.