Our Florida state butterfly, the zebra longwing loves it, but lots of gardeners do not. It is common beggarticks (Bidens alba). Common names for this plant are about as common as this plant and include Spanish needles, butterfly needles, romerillo,…
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Throwback Thursday: Pelican Island NWR 2018
3/11/2018 trip to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), a special tram tour with PINWR & ORCA volunteers ... Happy Halophytes, the saltmarsh succulents saltwort (Batis maritima) and glasswort (Salicornia sp.) at Joe Michael Overlook ... Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata)…
Weeds of Wednesday: Washingtonia Palm
We saw one washingtonia palm (Washingtonia robusta) at the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail when Terry Greene (Class of 2019) led a special walk there for us on behalf of the Indian River Land Trust. Also known as the Mexican fan…
Toxic or Not?
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared this photograph of the bell-shaped flowers (urceolate) of fetterbush that she took at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on 1-4-2020 on a walk that she, Gayle Lafferty (Class of 2012), Terry Greene (Class…
