Vegetation (mainly at depths less than 6 feet) of aquatics such 
as eelgrass, wigeongrass, sago pondweed, muskgrasses, and, in 
the Southeast, shoalgrass, manateegrass, and turtlegrass, 
Used much by oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp, blue crabs, fish, 
and diamondback terrapins; and much by feeding ducks, geese, 
and some other birds, 
20. Mangrove Swamps. 
Soil covered at average high 
tide with 4 to 2 feet of water 
during the year-around prowing 
season, 
Located along the coast of the 
southern half of Florida, but 
best developed on the western 
coast from Cape Sable to Mangrove swamps; Type 20. 
Everglades City. 

Vegetation of much red mangrove and some black mangrove, 
Used much by shellfish, fish, raccoons, and feeding water birds. 
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