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American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata, Nymphaeaceae )
Native
Several water lilies were in bloom near the wooden bridge.
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Native
I found a few of these wildflowers in dry, sandy soil near the beginning of the trail (west of the bridge). This species of Linaria has short spurs and long flower pedicels (stems). The other species of Linaria in Brevard Co. is L. canadensis, which has long spurs and short pedicels.
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Pineland scalypink (Stipulicida setacea, Caryophyllaceae)
Native
This is a tiny, wiry, nearly leafless wildflower. Stem leaves are minute, scale-like. Tiny, 5-petaled flowers at tips of stems. Bristly stipules occur at stem joints. Found in dry, sandy soils.
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Pinebarren frostweed, rock-rose (Helianthemum corymbosum, Cistaceae)
Native
I first put this down as a piriqueta, just like the one I had seen in Wickham Park earlier in the day. However, when I got home and looked at photos and descriptions of piriqueta, I realized this and the Wickham Park plant were something else. I finally identified it as rock-rose (called frostweed by the USF/ISB online plant atlas). Its main identifying characteristic of the blossom of this species is the large number of stamens, all tipped with orange anthers. They look like a circle of tiny matches.
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Rusty staggerbush (Lyonia ferruginea, Ericaceae)
Native
One of three species of Lyonia in Brevard. This species and L. fruticosa both have leaves that have a rusty appearance on their underside. The flower stems also are rusty spotted. Flowers are bell-shaped, white with rusty spots. The edges of the leaves of this species are turned under; whereas, L. fruticosa leaf edges are not turned under.
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Fetterbush (Lyonia lucida, Ericaceae)
Native
This is the third Lyonia found in Brevard. It has urn-shaped, dark pink blossoms.
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Burn 1
Several sections of the sanctuary had recently undergone a prescribed burn, exposing sandy patches critical to scrub jay survival.
Several sections of the sanctuary had recently undergone a prescribed burn, exposing sandy patches critical to scrub jay survival.
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Burn 3
Emerging bracken fern and redroot. The compressed leaves of redroot are distinctive.
Emerging bracken fern and redroot. The compressed leaves of redroot are distinctive.
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