Donna Winter (Class of 2016) led a wonderful walk for us, on behalf of the Indian River Land Trust (IRLT), at the Indian River Lagoon Greenway on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Most of this property was purchased by Indian River…
Tag: groundsel tree
Marvelous Males
Male flowers of saltbush (Baccharis halimifolia) lack the sensational white silkiness of female flowers. Both male and female flowers are attractive to a variety of pollinating insects, including butterflies (like the mangrove buckeye pictured below) and bees (look closely) ...
Fabulous Females
Female flowers - with showy, silky white hairs - abound on female saltbushes (Baccharis halminifolia). Saltbush, also know as sea myrtle or groundsel tree, is dioecious: Female & male flowers occur on different plants. Flowering on saltbush is a sure…
