Barrier island and salt marsh
SeaBrook Island Barrier island and salt marsh Anatomy of The beach at Seabrook
Beach face from wrack line to swash zone Berm is the area from wrack line to dune. Also called backshore Wrack Line Where waves or swash end Swash Zone Anatomy of The beach at Seabrook Just for your information Dunes Maritime Forest with salt marsh Salt Marsh Mud Maybe I will look younger when I get back This is the ecotone zone between maritime forest and salt march Normally the mud in a salt marsh is brown but when you see these black areas you know anaerobic bacteria are producing the lovely swamp gas smell form below. No oxygen present means fermentation !!! Salt Marsh Low Tide Pickle Plant only found in Salt mArsh. You can Eat it Lung snails on the marsh grasses This area is called an estuary although no brackish water Skeleton of a soft coral
This is what it looked like alive Skeleton of a soft coral These crabs make the holes you see in the sand sometimes
Ghost Crab Dead Longnose Gar on the Beach
These scales are ganoid type. Gar is good to eat and the scales can be used for a lot of things Dead Longnose Gar on the Beach The poor fishys mean looking teeth These sea oats keep the dunes from eroding Sometimes called the friendly crab live in the dunes and beach area and sometimes run across your path as you walk Squareback Marsh crab A sand Dollar is really an urchin Walking along the beach we saw dolphins concussing fish to knock them out for dinner. Totally cool!!