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A small, boggy meadow of wildflowers:
Yellow-eyed grass, yellow milkwort, rosegentian, meadowbeauty, thoroughwort, St.John's-wort
Yellow-eyed grass, yellow milkwort, rosegentian, meadowbeauty, thoroughwort, St.John's-wort
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Rustweed (Polypremum procumbens, Tetrachondraceae)
Native; found throughout most of eastern US.
A very tiny flower.
Native; found throughout most of eastern US.
A very tiny flower.
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Oblongleaf twinflower (Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Acanthaceae)
Native; found in Florida, LA, AL, GA, and SC.
(But this one has lost its twin.)
Native; found in Florida, LA, AL, GA, and SC.
(But this one has lost its twin.)
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Rough hedgehyssop (Gratiola hispida, Veronicaceae)
Native; found in Florida, LA, MS, AL, and GA.
Another very tiny flower.
Native; found in Florida, LA, MS, AL, and GA.
Another very tiny flower.
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Adam's needle (Yucca filamentosa, Agavaceae)
Native; eastern US.
Native; eastern US.
Florida beargrass (Nolina atopocarpa, Ruscaceae)
Native; Florida endemic; rare and endangered.
Left: stiff, grass-like leaves, about 1-ft long. Right: a few blossoms are open.
Native; Florida endemic; rare and endangered.
Left: stiff, grass-like leaves, about 1-ft long. Right: a few blossoms are open.
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Gopher tortoise, the major resident of Wickham Park.
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