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Cattails
Photo: Twilight view of cattails growing on the banks of a freshwater lagoon in South Carolina's Huntington Beach State Park
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Cattails thrive in this freshwater lagoon in South Carolina's Huntington Beach State Park. Areas like this, where freshwater meets the ocean, create dazzlingly diverse ecosystems called estuaries.
Photograph by Raymond K. Gehman

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