Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) (approx. 4 ft.) along Middle Bayou.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. White pelican - Point aux Chenes Bay.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Crooked Bayou.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Coot in Middle Bay.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Great White Heron in Bayou Cumbest.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Great White Heron - small bayou off Crooked Bayou.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Great White Heron - Crooked Bayou.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Herons and cormorant - Bayou Cumbest.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Herons and cormorant - Bayou Cumbest.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Herons, cormorant, and sandpiper - Bayou Cumbest.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Osprey and nest in Grand Bay NERR.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Osprey in flight.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Clapper rail along Middle Bayou.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Oyster catchers. 1995.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ducks in emergency oil spill retention pond at Chevron sour-oil refinery. 1997.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ecologist sampling small pond in wet pond cypress depression along Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment.1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Water moccasin (white - cotton mouth - in center of photo). 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Pond vegetation along Bayou Cumbest. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Louisiana milk vetch (Vicia ludoviciana). MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment.1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens). MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment.1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Pond cypress or prairie sentinel - Taxodium ascendens. A deciduous conifer NERR Biological Assessment.1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. White water lily, jointed spike sedge marsh along relect channel. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment.1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Swamp lily with bulbs (and photographer's hand). MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment.1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Swamp lily. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Florida soapberry (Sapindus marginatus) - in southern Mississippi salt marshes, found only on Indian shell middens - Bayou Heron. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Florida soapberry (Sapindus marginatus) - in southern Mississippi salt marshes, found only on Indian shell middens - Bayou Heron. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Carolina wolfberry or deserthorn (Lycium carolinianum Walt.) and invasive cogon grass (Imperata cylindrical) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ron Wieland (left), Mississippi Museum of Natural History, viewing Carolina wolfberry or deserthorn (Lycium carolinianum) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Shortbristle horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora corniculata) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Myrtle dahoon (Ilex myrtifolia) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Carolina wolfberry or deserthorn (Lycium carolinianum) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ditch berm with assorted grasses and sedges, including cogon grass, along ditch (to left). Extension from Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Polygala sp. near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ron Wieland with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science photographing white waterlily jointed spike sedge edge community near Middle Bayou during GBNERR site profile. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Walter's sedge (Carax striata) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Milkweed near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Coral greenbriar (Smilax laurifolia) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Cutleaf watermilfoil (Myriophyllum pinnatum) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Walter's sedge(Carax striata) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Wet pine savanna. 1995.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Marsh vegetation adjacent to Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Marsh vegetation adjacent to Middle Bayou with recently burned wet slash pine savanna. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Walter's sedge(Carax striata) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Bulltongue arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia) near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Wet pond cypress depression with Cutleaf watermilfoil (Myriophyllum pinnatum) in puddle near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Wet pond cypress depression in old river channel near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) near wet pond cypress depression in old river channel near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) near wet pond cypress depression in old river channel near Middle Bayou. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Maritime slash pine savanna on MS/AL state line near Bayou Heron. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Maritime slash pine savanna on MS/AL state line near Bayou Heron. MS Natural Heritage Program NERR Biological Assessment. 1998.