Examples of ecosystems in the Southeast include sawgrass prairies, coral reefs, spruce-fir forests, low-elevation wooded areas, and beach environments. Click the montage for image credits.
Clockwise from top left: Sawgrass Prairie, Everglades National Park, Image: G. Gardner, National Park Service, public domain, via Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/evergladesnps/42295786392/in/album-7215762... Healthy Coral Reef, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Image: Public domain, https://nmsflowergarden.blob.core.windows.net/flowergarden-prod/media/ar... South Beach, Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia, © Alan Cressler, used with permission; Fall Trail Panorama, Shenandoah National Park, Image: N. Lewis, National Park Service, public domain, via Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/snpphotos/50671767778/; Spruce-fir forests in subalpine regions of the Appalachian Mountains, Kevin Simpson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MountMitchell.jpg.
