Kandelia Candelis, which have been a hot environmental topic of late, can also be found on Shetzu Island--there is a mangrove swamp at the fork of the two rivers. But the fate of the mangrove swamp is in sharp contrast to the one of Kuantu. There are only seven or eight Kandelia Candelis left, making their last stand amid the floating garbage.
曾在環保新聞中紅極一時的水筆仔，社子島也有﹘﹘在兩河交口處有片小小的紅樹林，只不過他們的命運比起關渡紅樹林有天壤之別，目前只剩七、八棵水筆仔冒出垃圾漂浮的水面，苦撐「殘局」。