This aerial is of a pristine, 300+ acre, freshwater tidal marsh developed at the mouth of Garnetts Creek along the Mattaponi River. This marsh harbors a great diversity of wetland plant species, including extensive stands of Wild Rice and one of the world's largest populations of the federally Threatened Sensitive Joint-Vetch
(click here for direct link to image of the flower of this plant ... http://www.pbase.com/image/23814319)