Sunday, January 13, 2013

Tosohatchee WMA, January 13, 2013

Found a few new Toso flowers: floating bladderwort, common blue violet, false garlic, and soldier's orchid.
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Blackeyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae)
Native
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Smallfruit beggarticks (Bidens mitis, Asteraceae)
Native
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Floating bladderwort (Utricularia inflata, Lentibulariaceae)
Native

Found a lot of bladderwort in several ditches near Charlie Lake.
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Common blue violet (Viola sororia, Violaceae)
Native

First time I have seen blue violets in Toso.
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Crow poison; false garlic (Nothoscordum bivalve, Alliaceae)
Native

First time I have seen this in Toso. Found along east side of St. Nicholas Rd. According to the authorities, the flower has no scent.
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Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata, Lamiaceae)
Native
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Wooly sunbonnets; pineland daisy (Chaptalia tomentosa, Asteraceae)
Native

Note the distinctive basal leaves.
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Stiff sunflower; rayless sunflower (Helianthus radula, Asteraceae)
Native

Another plant with distinctive basal leaves. These had gone to seed.
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Soldier's orchid; lawn orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica, Orchidaceae)
Not native

On the west side of Fish Hole Rd, near Power Line Rd.
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Thistle seeds
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Unidentified yellow flower
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Reflections in Charlie Lake
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