Figure 45. Comparison of the 

 ferent reaches of a blackwater 

 (L) low tide. Upper figure: 

 tidal forest of dwarfed swamp 

 fiddler crab (Uca minax ) and 



bottomland hardwoods and characteristic fauna at dif- 

 river near the coast (Suwannee, FL). (H) is high tide; 

 River Mile 4, intertidal zone, largely exposed roots; 

 tupelo, pumpkin ash, sweet bay and cypress 

 (B) olive nerite snail ( Neretina 



with: (A) 



, , ^ ,..., . re clivata ) . Lower 



figure: River RTTe 15, intertidal zone wide, with: (G) spatterdock ( Nuphar luteum ), 

 fanwort ( Cabomba Carolina ) and Elodea sp. ; forest is tall Ogeechee tupelo-water tupelo- 

 pumpkin ash-cypress with: (C) crayfish ( Procambarus seminolae ), (D) snail ( Vivipara 

 qeorgianus ), (E) dwarf salamander ( Eurycea quadridigitata ). (F) southern leopard frog 

 (Rana utTTcularia). 



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