The islands around here are situated in what's called estuary environment. Where fresh water from rivers (predominately the Suwanee) mixes with the Gulf of Mexico. This low energy, shallow coastline is home to a miriad of marine crustaceans, bivalves such as clams and oysters and juvenile fish growing up in the relative safety of miles of marsh grasses and tidal flats.
Across the road from my house is one such tidal bay. The bay is dotted with small shell islands that grow mangroves, smooth cordgrass, glass wort and provide rest areas for thousands of migratory shore birds that spend the winter here.
So I have taken some photos of one of these shell islands That I paddled to today.
Check em' out.
My house
Me and my kayak
The islands in the bay
Black Mangrove (avicinia germinins) and the pnematophores (foreground) that spring up from the roots through the salt water. Probably allowing the roots to breathe.
Glass wort
The islands are predominately built of millions of oyster shells with a few mangrove trees growing on them.
Cardita shells are mixed in with the oyster shells.
Smooth Cordgrass surround the islands. This is Spartina Alternfolia.
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