# Rodriguez Key
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{{Short description|Island in the upper Florida Keys, United States}}
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| image_caption = Rodriguez Key viewed from the northeast
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| location = Atlantic Ocean
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = [Monroe](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Florida)
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'''Rodriguez Key''' is an uninhabited island in [Monroe County](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Florida), Florida, in the upper [Florida Keys](/source/Florida_Keys).[{{GNIS|289919}}] It is located east of [Key Largo](/source/Key_Largo).
The island is covered by mangrove forests, including the species ''[Rhizophora mangle](/source/Rhizophora_mangle)'', ''[Avicennia nitida](/source/Avicennia_nitida)'', and ''[Laguncularia racemosa](/source/Laguncularia_racemosa)''.[Lidz, B.H., Shinn, E.A., Hansen, M.E., Halley, R.B., Harris, M.W., Locker, S.D., and Hine, A.C., 1997. ''[https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_13032.htm Maps showing sedimentary and biological environments, depth to Pleistocene bedrock, and Holocene sediment and reef thickness from Molasses Reef to Elbow Reef, Key Largo, South Florida]''. U.S. Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-2505.]
thumb|left|240px|Color infrared image of Rodriguez Key in 1987
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==References==
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{{Florida Keys}}
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Category:Hills of Florida
Category:Islands of Monroe County, Florida
Category:Islands of the Florida Keys
Category:Islands of Florida
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