Stringy Stuff

The 2024 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) - Environmental Learning Center (ELC) Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class enjoyed a stroll on the ELC led by Marc Spiess, the ELC Campus Manager. On that walk he pointed out a beard lichen (Usnea…

Our Native Poinsettia

Florida's native poinsettia, paintedleaf (Euphorbia cyathophora), is native to much of the U.S, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. This native annual wildflower goes dormant in cooler climes but grows year-round in warmer locales. In Florida, paintedleaf grows…