Thursday, February 7, 2013

Marshy area meets young successional forest

This area is adjacent to the Natchez Trace Parkway near Tupelo.

A few hundred meters from a large swathe of mixed hardwoods, old fields begin to be invaded by longleaf pines (Pinus palustris) and are interspersed with these mostly-permanent wet areas that support lots of hydrophyte grasses (Juncus sp.).