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![East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_06.jpg East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_06.jpg: bayou, pier, dock, boat house, bench, marsh, swamp, sawgrass,](/photos/East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street/thumbs/East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_06.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The boat house is flanked by walkways.
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![East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_07.jpg East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_07.jpg: deck, bench, bayou, swamp, sawgrass, bayou texar, cumulus clouds, fishing pier,](/photos/East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street/thumbs/East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_07.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Most of the homes on the bluff have a fishing pier.
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![East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_08.jpg East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_08.jpg: deck, bench, bayou, swamp, sawgrass, bayou texar, cumulus clouds, fishing pier,](/photos/East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street/thumbs/East-Hill:-1919-East-La-Rua-Street_08.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The inlet is protected from the bay.
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![Gulf-Breeze:-Ceylon-Drive_03a.jpg Gulf-Breeze:-Ceylon-Drive_03a.jpg: pine trees, salt marsh, sawgrass, short leaf pine trees, bay, sound, tiger point development](/photos/Gulf-Breeze:-Ceylon-Drive/thumbs/Gulf-Breeze:-Ceylon-Drive_03a.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore_01.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore_01.jpg: leafless sedge, sundew, sawgrass, sea oats, barrier island, dwarf trees, sand dunes, salt spray, drifting sand](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore_01.jpg.width.440.c.jpg)
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore_02.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore_02.jpg: leafless sedge, sundew, sawgrass, sea oats, barrier island, dwarf trees, sand dunes, salt spray, drifting sand](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Nature-Trail-Campstore_02.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
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![400 LaRua Landing 400+LaRua+Landing-rear+facade+facing+Bayou+Texar_03.jpg 400+LaRua+Landing-rear+facade+facing+Bayou+Texar_03.jpg: coastal home, pier, sawgrass, needle grass, deck Bayou Texar,](/photos/400+LaRua+Landing/thumbs/400+LaRua+Landing-rear+facade+facing+Bayou+Texar_03.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
rear facade facing Bayou Texar
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![Pensacola:-Gateway-District:-17th-Avenue-Boat-Launch_02.jpg Pensacola:-Gateway-District:-17th-Avenue-Boat-Launch_02.jpg: sawgrass, salt water bay, sand bar, cumulus clouds, pensacola bay](/photos/Pensacola:-Gateway-District:-17th-Avenue-Boat-Launch/thumbs/Pensacola:-Gateway-District:-17th-Avenue-Boat-Launch_02.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
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![Perdido-Key:-Big-Lagoon-Recreational-Area_10.jpg Perdido-Key:-Big-Lagoon-Recreational-Area_10.jpg: wooden walkway, bridge, deck, pier, marsh, saltmarsh, bayou, pine trees, sawgrass, state park, recreational area, perdido key](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Big-Lagoon-Recreational-Area/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Big-Lagoon-Recreational-Area_10.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The boardwalk offers a panoramic view of Big Lagoon, the park and Gulf Islands National Seashore across the Intracostal Waterway.
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![Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place_01.jpg Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place_01.jpg: saltmarsh, pine trees, sawgrass, bayou, bay, wildflowers, escambia county,](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place_01.jpg.width.440.c.jpg)
The seagrass meadows are some of the finest to be found anywhere in the world. Similar in appearance to the terrestrial habitats from which they take their name, these meadows are composed of an assortment of low-growing flowering plants that are uniquely adapted to life in a submarine environment.
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![Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place_02.jpg Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place_02.jpg: saltmarsh, bay, bayou, sawgrass, wetlands, seagrasses,](/photos/Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place/thumbs/Perdido-Key:-Riola-Place_02.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Seagrasses are normally found in relatively shalow water. Like typical land plants, seagrasses depend on photosynthesis for energy production. For this reason, they cannot live in water that is either too deep or too dim to allow the penetration of sunlight.