This post is for Our World Tuesday
My favorite bay-side walk is along from the Mullens picnic area. The tide was well in the other morning but there was still plenty of sand to walk beside the water. There is an interesting variety of trees and shrubs beside the water.All along the edge of the sand are mangrove trees. There are a number of different varieties of mangrove but they all like to have their roots in salt water for at least some of the day. They vary from quite large trees to tiny little plants just poking their leaves up above the water.
The land close to the bay is very low-lying and quite swampy - perfect conditions for Paper-bark trees. These are trees in the Melaleuca family that get their common name from the way they shed their bark. The bark is soft and peels off in sheets. Much of the land immediately behind the beach is covered with forests of paperbarks.
Where the land rises higher above the tide line there is a greater variety of trees.
Beautiful photos and it looked like a beautiful day as well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures of such a lovely place! A wonderful look at your world! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteExcellent photography ~ would love some of that peeled bark to create some artworks ~ (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful place and I love the paper bark trees. Thanks for sharing, have a great week!
ReplyDeleteYou can almost hear that place growing! I can see why you like it!
ReplyDeleteStewart M
Beautiful area!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteThese trees that shed bark really do look interesting. I don’t recall seeing anything exactly like this. I wouldn’t be surprised if some animals make use of the peelings that fall to the ground. It reminds me a little of the bark on the cascara tree that also peels.
ReplyDeleteGreat place, I can see why it is a favorite of yours. Really like the close up of the bark.
ReplyDeleteCalling by from Our World Tuesday, what a lovely series of photos from your part of the world.
ReplyDeleteI love this kind of place-- a little bit marshy -- a little bit mysterious.
ReplyDeletewe don´t have anything like that. It woudl be so nice t be able to explore it oen day.
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