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Coastal Plain

Young cypress trees stand in a flooded coastal plain in the southeastern United States. Coastal plains are low-lying flatlands on the edge of a sea, in this case the Gulf of Mexico. Cypresses, with their tolerance for brackish water, thrive in these ecosystems.

Photograph by Raymond Gehman