The ebb and flow of tides defines the rhythm of life in a salt marsh. Twice a day, a rush of salt water brings nutrients, sediments, and a whole host of organisms into the marsh. Most of the visitors come to feed. On occasion, a diamondback terrapin swims in during nesting season on her way to a dry nesting site in the low uplands bordering the marsh. When the tide ebbs away, the full-time residents of the marsh resume their low-tide activities. Note the scuttling fiddler crabs in the foreground

Wild sea cowpea plant on tidal mudflat, coastal wetland vegetation near calm water at sunset. Native beach legume sprouting across salt marsh flats, crimson stems reflected within still lagoon soil.

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