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A Tenuous Grip & Botanical Names

exploreorca's avatar by exploreorcaJanuary 17, 2019

It's tenuous ... The scientific names of plants seems  to change more and more -- with the advent of DNA analysis. Seems like every time I look at the Florida Plant Atlas, the scientific name of the plant has been…

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Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Wildlife plant psychotria nervosa, Psychotria sulzneri, Psychotria tenuifolia, shortleaf wild coffee, wild coffee

Seeds = Purge Nut

exploreorca's avatar by exploreorcaJanuary 8, 2019January 22, 2019

Tallow wood (Ximenia americana) has many common names such as tallow plum, tallow nut, sea seaside plum, and sea lemon.  The fruits of this sprawling, thorny large shrub or small tree (to about 20') are bright yellow drupes.  Inside the…

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Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Pollinator Plants, Wildlife plant

Tons of Tallow Wood Fruits

exploreorca's avatar by exploreorcaJanuary 6, 2019August 4, 2021

Tallow wood (Ximenia americana) is a thorny sprawling shrub or small tree (usually) of dry places and is shown above along the beginning of the trail at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.  Its genus name, Ximenia, honors Francisco Ximenez, a…

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Hemiparasite, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Pollinator Plants, Wildlife plant Drupe, Hog plum, Tallow wood, Ximenia americana

“Field” of Ferns

exploreorca's avatar by exploreorcaJanuary 2, 2019

The Wabasso scrub, which we visited on 11/11/2018, is not all dry.  In the midst of dry scrub pretty near the beginning of the trail was a fern-filled wetland.  Since of focus was scrub and Florida scrub-jays, it was identified…

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Fern, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Wabasso Scrub

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