Compare & Contrast: Fellsmere Trailhead

Construction began in April of 2017 on the Central Railroad Corridor Greenway Pedestrian Overpass that traverses I-95.  It now is officially open and connects a 2-mile pedestrian path from the North County Regional Park to the Fellsmere Trailhead Preserve following…

Beautiful & Wide-Ranging Buttonbush

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is full of fabulous white round balls of flowers in spring and summer.  The genus name, Cephalanthus, means flowering (anthus) head (cephal), and the species name, occidentalis, means of or from the West.  This beautiful plant of moist places…

Weeds of Wednesday: Mock bishopsweed?

  Pictured above is mock bishopsweed (Ptilimnium capillaceum) growing at Cypress Bend Community Preserve when we visited on 5/5/2018.  Herbwilliam is another common name for this plant which was identified by Ellie Klebonis (Class of 2015). The genus name, Ptilimnium, likely…