Judy Gersony, Senior Biological Scientist at the Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, led a wonderful walk for us at Queen's Cove Preserve on Hutchinson Island (about 3 miles south of Round Island). For the walk, she…
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One of the World’s Worst Weeds
Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) is regarded as one of the world's worst weeds. Its inflorescence is fluffy (plumose) as pictured above. We encountered this pernicious plant at the Cypress Bend Community Preserve this spring in flower. Volunteer Ken Gonyo took note…
Marvelous Males
Male flowers of saltbush (Baccharis halimifolia) lack the sensational white silkiness of female flowers. Both male and female flowers are attractive to a variety of pollinating insects, including butterflies (like the mangrove buckeye pictured below) and bees (look closely) ...
Fabulous Females
Female flowers - with showy, silky white hairs - abound on female saltbushes (Baccharis halminifolia). Saltbush, also know as sea myrtle or groundsel tree, is dioecious: Female & male flowers occur on different plants. Flowering on saltbush is a sure…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 