Wild and Scenic River
Black Creek, a tributary of the Pascagoula River, is Mississippi's only designated National Wild and Scenic River. Designated in 1986, 21 miles (34 km) of the creek are classified as "scenic."
Black Creek bisects Black Creek Wilderness, creating a hardwood floodplain of oxbow lakes and thick stands of sweet gum, sweet bay, red maple, oak, pine, and bald cypress. These represent the sort of forests that form when natural levels of water, including spring flooding and summer drought, control the distribution of species.
Read more about this topic: Black Creek Wilderness
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