Biodiversity Profile

Erythrina herbacea

Eastern Coralbean or Mamou

These bright magenta to scarlet red flowers are found on the middens of the reserve and bloom from spring through early summer. Growing as shrubs or small trees, the flowers, which are shaped like long narrow tubes, provide a great source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and moths. Their bright red seeds mature in pods that burst open in the late summer and fall. The seeds are eaten by birds and small mammals but can be toxic to humans.

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This project is funded by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources in part through a grant provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GNDNERR), established in 1999, is managed through a unique local, state and federal partnership designed to promote estuarine research and education within Mississippi's Coastal Zone and its adjacent ecosystems. The major partners of the GNDNERR include the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Mississippi Secretary of State's Office, Mississippi State University, The Nature Conservancy, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Southern Mississippi. Additionally, a Citizens Advisory Committee has been established to assure that the concerns of the local citizens are adequately addressed by the Management Board.

View a short video contrasting selected habitats of the reserve before and after Hurricane Katrina

 

 

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The new Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center

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Announcements

New Plant Guide May Be Picked Up at the Following Locations:
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
6005 Bayou Heron Road
Moss Point, MS 39560
228-475-7047

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
1141 Bayview Ave., Suite 101
Biloxi, MS 39532
228-374-5000

Mississippi State Coastal Research and Extension Center
1815 Popp's Ferry Road
Biloxi, MS 39532
Phone: 228-388-4710

Please call before you visit one the above sites, to make sure they have a supply of books on hand. Because supplies are limited, we are limiting the distribution of the books to one per family. To save money, we are not mailing books within out coastal region. If you would like to request that a distribution site be established nearer to your area, please contact jen.buchanan@dmr.ms.gov.