Red tides and Tidy Island

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  • Mangroves on Tidy Island: every kind is here!

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    Mangroves live in the salty, water-logged soil of tidal areas and have evolved in special ways to suit this environment. Some block salt with their roots, while others excrete salt through their leaves. Mangroves on Tidy Island include all four kinds of mangroves common to this region: red, black, white, and buttonwood.

  • Tidy Island salt flats: unique ecology from a hurricane.

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    What caused the Tidy Island salt flats? The surge from the 1921 Tampa Bay Hurricane caused the salt flats on Tidy Island. It carried sand from the south shore over the island, depositing it between the island and the mainland, as explained here. But salt flats need to be an exact distance above sea level.…