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…
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A Tale of Two Asters
We saw two "asters", daisy-like plants, on our visit to Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail (TRWT) on 12-8-2019 led by Terry Greene (Class of 2019). One of them was the prevalent and perennial climbing aster (Symphyotrichum carolinianum), shown above. Once known…
Berries for Christmas
Christmasberry, Carolina wolfberry, Carolina desert-thorn, and creeping wolfberry are among the many common names given to this red-berried plant of coastal places. A member of the member of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, Christmasberry (Lycium carolinianum), as we will call it,…
Friendly Red Admiral
On our walk at the Indian River Lagoon Greenway on 11/24/2019 led by Donna Winter (Class of 2016), we encountered a fabulously friendly red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atlanta rubria, pictured above in a photo by J.R. Williams. The butterfly graced the…
