Island in the Marsh: a hummock

Rising above the salt marsh is a wooded island called a hummock, where loblolly pine, bayberry, and holly take root in the drier soil and protect wildlife from the challenging conditions of the open marsh. Deer and foxes hide in the undergrowth, red-bellied woodpeckers and northern flickers nest in the pines, and bald eagles roost on high branches.

Maryland · United States