Satellite Beach Library, June 15, 2010

Here are a few wildflowers and other plants I found near the library on this very hot day.

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Pond to the west of the library. Along the pond edge: golden canna, pickerelweed, and bulrush.

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Golden canna (Canna flaccida,  Cannaceae)
Native

Blossoms, green fruit, and dry fruit.

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Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata, Pontederiaceae)
Native

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 Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle, Rhizophoraceae)
Native
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Unidentified fruit tree

It has been planted by the pond. It's probably an exotic.

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Scrub trail

Short trails run through the sand live oak and palmetto scrub west of the library.

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Gopher apple (Licania michauxii, Chrysobalanaceae)

Native

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Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia, Vitaceae)
Native

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