An artful strangler fig (Ficus aurea) snakes around the trunk of a sabal palmetto (Sabal palmetto) at the entrance to the Centennial trail at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), the very first national wildlife refuge, on Earth Day…
Tag: Blanket flower
Voracious Variability
Homo sapiens, we all are, but our coloration and shapes are quite different, as can be seen in this photo of the folks who visited Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) on 3/11/2018. On that trip we saw lots of…
Coontie at FMEL & Elsewhere
At Audubon House volunteers relocated giant leather ferns (Acrostichum daeniofolium) to the low areas of the dry retention pond and replaced them with comely coonties (Zamia floridana) graciously donated by Robin Pelensky of Surlaterre Landscape Architecture. Coonties already are planted…
Gorgeous Gaillardia
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) flourishes at the entrance to the Audubon House. Also known as fire wheel and Indian blanket, this plant is very variable ... Very adaptable to dry, sunny places, blanket flower thrives at Pelican Island National Wildlife…
