Submerged forest

These remains have usually been buried in mud, peat, or sand for several thousand years before being uncovered by sea level change and erosion and have been preserved in the compacted sediment by the exclusion of oxygen.

A submerged forest that lies beneath a lake can also be formed by the blockage of a river valley by either a landslide or manmade dam.

[12] As the North American Laurentide Ice Sheet began receding for the last time some 10,000 years ago, water levels in the future Great Lakes were sometimes much lower than at present.

The submerged forest located off of the coast of Alabama near Dauphin Island has the bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum).

[17] Mantis shrimp, crabs, anemones, grouper, and red snappers are commonly found at this submerged forest, and of particular interest, due to their practical use in drug discovery, are shipworms.