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Simmonds' aster (Symphyotrichum simmondsii, Asteraceae)
Native
This patch of asters was growing along the ditch on the west side of the youth camping area. The USF/ISB plant atlas website lists 5 asters in Brevard, with Simmonds' aster being the closest match to this plant. It grows in wet places.
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Groundsel tree, saltbush (Baccharis halimifolia, Asteraceae)
Native
It had been raining, which explains the water droplets.
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Hairy chaffhead (Carphephorus paniculatus, Asteraceae)
Native
With several bees and a hornet.
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Blazing star, Chapman's gay feather (Liatris chapmanii, Asteraceae)
Native
With a bumblebee.
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Spanish needles, beggarticks (Bidens alba, Asteraceae)
Native
A white peacock butterfly sipping nectar.
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Gallberry (Ilex glabra, Aquifoliaceae)
Native
Gallberry, a species of holly, is an important honey plant (a beekeeping uncle of mine claimed gallberry made the best honey).
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Valamuerto, Christmas cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata, Fabaceae)
Not native
This plant grows alongside the road west of the back (north) lake.
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