Oleta River State Park Fishing Pier

Описание: This is the Oleta River State Park and Fishing Pier. The tropical hardwood trees are mangrove, Gumbo Limbo, Southern Magnolia, Live Oak, Buttonwood, Cypress and various palms.
Here is some interesting facts about these Mangrove Forests which were removed from Miami Beach in order to occupy and built the communities that are there today. Mangrove forests exist so close to water because of their unique adaptations like salt-filtering roots, oxygen-absorbing aerial roots (pneumatophores), & strong prop/stilt roots, allow them to thrive in salty, low-oxygen, waterlogged soils where most plants cannot. The roots systems also stabilize the coastline against erosion from the wind and water.
The roots of the Mangrove trees manage salt by blocking it, excreting it through leaves, or storing it. The roots simultaneously can process the anoxic mud. The roots grow upwards from the soil, featuring pores (lenticels) to absorb oxygen in the waterlogged mud, preventing the tree from drowning. The branching root configuration is spread out which creates a wide base for the tree. The soil sediments might shift but the root infrastructure provides stability for the tree. The Anoxic conditions of the soil lacks oxygen however the aerial roots allow for gas exchange. As mentioned above, the root ball of the Mangrove tree traps constituents and effectively prevents the tree from falling from lack of a support system from the eroding soil types.
Here is some history about the land use changes in the Miami Beach and North Miami Beach Areas:
The State of Florida acquired the park in 1980 to protect the natural and cultural features of the area.
In 1841 the river was named Big Snake Creek & was part of the route used by federal troops in the Second Seminole War to travel south from Loxahatchess. In 1881, Captain William Hawkins Fulford explored the river & settled in the area known today as North Miami. Other settlers ventured north from Miami & by the 1890s, pineapple & vegetable farms had sprung up along the river in the newly formed town of Ojus. The river linked the Everglades with Biscayne Bay.
An Indian trading post was established at what is now Greynolds Park. In 1922, Big Snake Creek was renamed the Oleta River. The historic Blue Marlin Fish House Restaurant was established in 1938 as a commercial fishing operation & evolved into a smokehouse until the 1980s. It reopened in 2007, the Blue Marlin.