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Figure 3-9.
Close-up view of marsh and shore at Luck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada (see Color Plate 3-9).
Distinctive vegetation zones are revealed by differences in plant texture, pattern, and color. The maroon plant is red
samphire (
Salacornia rubra
), which grows on saline mudl ats. Kite aerial photo by J.S. Aber and S.W. Aber.
Figure 3-10.
Vertical kite aerial photograph in visible light showing water pools and vegetated hummocks in the
central portion of Männikjärve Bog, Estonia (see Color Plate 3-10).
Sphagnum
moss species display distinctive green,
gold, and red autumn colors along with pale green dwarf pine trees on hummocks. These dramatic colors are not
displayed so clearly at other times of the year. Field of view
∼
60 m across. Based on Aber et al. (2002, Fig. 2).
