The Role of Marsh Grasses in Coastal Defense ... from their unbreakable spirit? The post Gulf Coast Gardens: The Resilience of Coastal Native Plants in Louisiana appeared first on discoverwildscience.

The gooey oil washing into the maze of marshes along the Gulf Coast could prove impossible ... wetlands now coats the stalks and leaves of plants such as roseau cane - the fabric that holds ...

Plants that naturally populate Gulf Coast native prairie have roots that ... killing trees and marsh grasses and driving out the wildlife that depended on them. Through the years, Armand Bayou ...

Long after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the marshy shores of the Gulf of Mexico were still feeling the effects of the disaster. Marsh grass retained plant ... s making the coast more ...

Marsh plants stretched out around and behind the ... Carter Crouch, director of Gulf Coast Programs for the International Crane Foundation and Katie Fernald, an ecologist with the foundation ...

Deep in the difficult terrain of the Gulf Coast high marsh lives a tiny, dark and white-speckled bird ... is home to many endangered plant species and is favored by black and yellow rails and mottled ...

Out on the edge of Louisiana’s coast, a set of giant plant pots stand ... more than 1,300 miles of Gulf shoreline, with Louisiana hardest-hit. Over 200 miles of marsh saw moderate-to-heavy ...