Monday, December 27, 2010

Wickham Park: Archive Photos

This is a collection of Wickham Park wildflower photos taken before this blog was created. These wildflowers have not yet appeared in any of the Wickham Park posts in this blog.
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Spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata, Apiaceae)
Native, May 2006
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Baldwin's eryngo (Eryngium baldwinii, Apiaceae)
Native
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Mock bishopsweed (Ptillimnium capillaceum, Apiaceae)
Native
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 Manyflower marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle unbellata, Araliaceae)
Native
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Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens, Arecaceae)
Native
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Nutall's thistle (Cirsium nutallii, Asteraceae)
Native
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Oakleaf fleabane (Erigeron quercifolius, Asteraceae)
Native
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Early whitetop fleabane (Erigeron vernus, Asteraceae)
Native
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False fennel (Eupatorium leptophyllum, Asteraceae)
Native
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Coastalplain hawkweed (Hieracium megacephalon, Asteraceae)
Native
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Whitetop aster, pinbarren aster (Oclemina reticulata, Asteraceae)
Native
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Blackroot (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum, Asteraceae)
Native
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Bay lobelia (Lobelia feayana, Campanulaceae)
Native, Florida endemic
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Rusty staggerbush (Lyonia ferruginea, Ericaceae)
Native
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Fetterbush (Lyonia lucida, Ericaceae)
Native
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Shiny blueberry (Vaccinium myrsinites, Ericaceae)
Native
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Skyblue lupine (Lupinus diffusus, Fabaceae)
Native
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Florida sensitive brier (Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana, Fabaceae)
Native
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Largeflower rosegentian (Sabatia grandiflora, Gentianaceae)
Native
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Yellow blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium exile, Iridaceae)
Not native
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Annual blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum, Iridaceae)
Not native
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American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana, Lamiaceae)
Native
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Helmet skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia, Lamiaceae)
Native
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Small butterwort (Pinguicula pumila, Lentibulariaceae)
Native
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Zigzag bladderwort (Utricularia subulata, Lentibulariaceae)
Native
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Cutleaf evening primrose (Oenothera laciniata, Onagraceae)
Native
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Common yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata, Oxalidaceae)
Native
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American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana, Phytolaccaceae)
Native
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Candyroot (Polygala nana, Polygalaceae)
Native
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Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana, Rubiaceae)
Native
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Innocence (Houstonia procumbens, Rubiaceae)
Native
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Walter's groundcherry (Physalis walteri, Solanaceae)
Native
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Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata, Violaceae)
Native
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Oak mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum, Viscaceae)
Native
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Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Vitaceae)
Native
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Tallow wood, hog plum (Ximenia americana, Ximeniaceae)
Native
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Turkey Creek Sanctuary Park, October 24, November 5, 2010

Now that those confusing Carphephorus and Liatris have been identified and are out of the way (see previous post), here are a couple of new unidentified plants, plus a few familiar ones from my last two visits to Turkey Creek.
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 Narrowleaf bluecurls (Trichostema setaceum, Lamiaceae)
Native
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Dahoon holly (Ilex cassine, Aquifoliaceae)
Native
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Feay's palafox (Palafoxia feayi, Asteraceae)
Native, Florida endemic
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Hairy jointweed (Polygonella ciliata, Polygonaceae)
Native, Florida endemic
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 Unidentified

This is a wildflower planted in the butterfly garden, near the park entrance. It's a woody plant with delicate white blossoms. It was blooming on October 24, but blooms were all gone on November 5. It was probably planted there, which means it isn't necessarily a plant normally found in Brevard County. (One possibility is Small's jointweed; woody wireweed; sandlace, Polygonella myriophylla. It's normally found in the Lake Wales Ridge area, but this one might be from a native plant nursery.)
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Black Racer

In our front yard shrubbery. Nothing to do with Turkey Creek, other than it was taken the same day as the November 5 visit to the park. I thought it was a good portrait of the snake.
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Coastalplain goldenaster (Chrysopsis scabrella, Asteraceae)
Native
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Lanceleaf blanketflower (Gaillardia aestivalis, Asteraceae)
Native

Found in the butterfly garden, near the park entrance.
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Valamuerto, Christmas cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata, Fabaceae)
Not native

This plant is in the butterfly garden, near the park entrance. The sign next to it says it is Butterfly Cassia, Senna bicapsilaris; however, no such plant is listed on the USF/ISB website. An online search turned up many references to S. bicapsilaris. In the online photos I found it looks to me to be identical to S. pendula.
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 Hairy lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta, Fabaceae)
Native

I found this strange plant about one-quarter way down the ground-level trail, on the left side. It had several long "canes" coming up from the ground. The leaves and blossoms/fruit were on short stalks along the main stem. Seeds appeared to be small, dry wafers.

This plant, which was previously shown as "unidentified," has now been identified, thanks to Sally Scalera and the UF Herbarium (February 17, 2011). It is hairy lespedeza, a perennial. Characteristics: Largely unbranched, except for flowering stems near the apex. Stems covered with long white hairs. Each compound leaf has a short, hairy stalk. The flowering heads are on hairy stalks, often longer than either the leaflets or the flower head. Flowers are cream colored, usually with a purple spot at the base. Blooms in the fall.
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