Mattawoman offers great beauty and diverse habitats for plants and animals among its forests, streams, wetlands, river, and tidal estuary. Enjoy browsing the photos in our albums.
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 The Mattawoman Creek estuary. This is the last of Maryland's freshwater-tidal estuaries on the Potomac to retain outstanding qualities in the face of increasing urbanization around Washington D.C. The Potomac River is visible at the top of the picture. |  The estuary is fed by a 20 mile long river that collects water from a 94 square mile watershed. Here, an ancient Lyre-leaf Oak anchors the bank, and witnesses River Herring swim by each spring as they visit from their home in the Atlantic Ocean to spawn. |
In the aerial photo at the top of the page, the high marsh appears
cinnamon colored because of the profusion of Burr Marigolds that
appear in late summer and early fall.
cinnamon colored because of the profusion of Burr Marigolds that
appear in late summer and early fall.
Photos by David Bick, Jim Long