The species found here reflect the well vegetated nature of the ponds.
There are approximately 300 coral cays, including 213 unvegetated cays, 43 vegetated cays and 44 low wooded islands.
Between the beaches and Lake St. Lucia are some of the world's highest vegetated dunes as well as swamp and sand forest.
It immediately dashed off down into the thickly vegetated gully below the trail.
The relatively wooded character of the thorn hedges gives the landscape a well vegetated appearance.
