Cypress Bend Community Preserve

Handsome hickory!

by exploreorcaApril 16, 2016May 18, 2017

Water hickory (Carya aquatica) was looking wonderful at the Cypress Bend Community Bend Preserve on 4-10-2016. A deciduous tree of wet but well-drained soils along stream banks and flood plains throughout the southeastern U.S., water hickory often is dominant species in…

Amazing Amorpha

by exploreorcaApril 13, 2016May 21, 20172 Comments

Golden anthers contrast with dark purple floral tubes on bastard false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) shown flowering at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on 4-10-2016. Its floral spikes are 2 - 5" long and quite showy. False indigo, a deciduous plant, is found…

by exploreorcaApril 12, 2016May 21, 20172 Comments

Pelican Island Audubon Society President Richard Baker led a special walk at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on 4/10/2016 for the 2016 FMEL - PIAS volunteer class and prior class "veterans". Purchased in 2006 by Indian River County for preservation, this…

Fall Flowers at Cypress Bend

by exploreorcaNovember 18, 2014September 23, 20181 Comment

Pelican Island Audubon Society President Dr. Richard Baker led a nature walk at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on Sunday, November 16. In flower were some fabulous freshwater plants, including climbing aster (Symphyotrichum carolinanum) pictured above and swamp lily (Crinum…