The river and adjacent lands provide a corridor of high quality habitat for a variety of plants and animals including some rare species such as American chaffseed and the swallow-tailed kite, and some very old species such as the bald cypress trees growing near The Nature Conservancy’s Black River tract east of Andrews.Ī 75-mile segment of the Black River was designated a State Scenic River in June 2001. At lower water levels, there are numerous sand bars. The bottom of the river is a very clean sand. The channel pattern of the Black River alternates from large, open "lake-like" areas to narrow channels. The Black River is named for its black water, darkly stained and resembling a tea or coffee color, which results from the tannins leached from plant material in the surrounding swamps. The river corridor presents a ribbon of dense swamp forests, dark waters, and white sandbars. The Black River is a free-flowing Coastal Plain river bordered by a rural landscape of forests and farmlands.
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