Sunday, February 24, 2013

Tosohatchee WMA, February 22, 2013

We frequently make a quick stop at Tosohatchee on our way back home from Orlando. This time it was late in the day and cloudy, so the photos aren't very good. In addition to the five species shown below, we also saw a few Bidens mitis and Coreopsis leavenworthii. Noticed one patch of partially opened wooly sunbonnets/pineland daisy (Chaptalia tomentosa). Irises are coming up in the ditch on the south side of Power Line Rd., probably will be blooming by mid-March.
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Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Iridaceae)
Native

Found along both sides of Beehead Rd.
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 Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata, Violaceae)
Native

Several large patches of white violets along north side of Beehead Rd. Leaves are basal, linear or lanceolate, margins toothed.
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Walter's viburnum (Viburnum obovatum, Adoxaceae)
Native

A shrub found along south side of Power Line Rd.
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Bay lobelia (Lobelia feayana, Campanulaceae)
Native, Florida endemic

Found along both sides of Fish Hole Rd.
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American snowbell (Styrax americanus, Styracaceae)
Native

This shrub is located on the northeast corner of Fish Hole Rd. and Beehead Rd.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Dale Wimbrow Park in Spring, February 20, 2013

We found several new wildflowers in Dale Wimbrow: bay lobelia, Florida greeneyes and sweet everlasting. Found, but did not photograph, dried remains of the muck sunflowers that we photographed in bloom on October 17, 2012. They were easily identified by their very narrow leaves.
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Bay lobelia (Lobelia feayana, Campanulaceae)
Native, Florida endemic
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Black medick (Medicago lupulina, Fabaceae)
Not native
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Oakleaf fleabane (Erigeron quercifolius, Asteraceae)
Native
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Spring ladiestresses (Spiranthes vernalis, Orchidaceae)
Native

A type of spiral orchid.
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Common yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata, Oxalidaceae)
Native
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Florida tasselflower (Emilia fosbergii, Asteraceae)
Not native
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Leavenworth's tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii, Asteraceae)
Native
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Beggarticks; Spanish needles (Bidens alba, Asteraceae)
Native
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 Fourpetal St.John's-wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum, Clusiaceae)
Native
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Wild pennyroyal (Piloblephis rigida, Lamiaceae)
Native
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Peruvian primrosewillow (Ludwigia peruviana, Onagraceae)
Not native
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Netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata, Annonaceae)
Native
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 Florida greeneyes (Berlandiera subacaulis, Asteraceae)
Native, Florida endemic
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Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea, Fabaceae)
Native
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Rosary pea (Abrus precaorius, Fabaceae)
Not native
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 Trailing indigo (Indigofera spicata, Fabaceae)
Not native
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 Sweet everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Asteraceae)
Native

Stem and underside of leaves are covered in white hairs.
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Fetterbush (Lyonia lucida, Ericaceae)
Native
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Chapman's goldenrod (Solidago odora var. chapmanii, Asteraceae) Native
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Love vine; devil's gut (Cassytha filiformis, Lauraceae)
Native

A parasitic vine.
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 Gulf fritillary butterfly
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Tosohatchee WMA, February 11, 2013

Tosohatchee always surprises. Two new plants for this blog: yellow butterwort and yellow jessamine. As in other visits to Tosohatchee, wildflower hunts were limited to the roadsides and near-roadsides.
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Hedge false bindweed (Calystegia sepium, Convolvulaceae)
Native

North side of Beehead Rd. Arrow-shaped leaves.
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Canadian toadflax (Linaria canadensis, Plantaginaceae)
Native

North side of Beehead Rd. This linaria has long spurs.
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Smallfruit beggarticks (Bidens mitis, Asteraceae)
Native

North side of Beehead Rd. This wildflower is easily identified by its bracts: outer ones are green and spatula shaped, inner ones are speckled and translucent.
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Leavenworth's tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii, Asteraceae)
Native

North side of Beehead Rd. Identified by translucent bracts.
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Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Iridaceae)
Native

West side of St. Nicholas Rd.
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Yellow butterwort (Pinguicula lutea, Lentibulariaceae)
Native

A carnivorous plant. Tiny insects are trapped on the sticky basal leaves and digested. Found about a dozen plants on the east side of St. Nicholas Rd, near the ditch. In this same general area, on January 20, 2012, we found a lavender-colored butterwort: small butterwort, Pinguicula pumila.
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Yellow jessamine Gelsemium semperviren, Gelsemiaceae)
Native

Found on the south side of Power Line Rd, not far from the intersection with St. Nicholas Rd. This is the first time I've seen yellow jessamine in Tosohatchee, although it's probably present around margins of swamps. Yellow jessamine has been in bloom along SR 520 and SR 528 since about mid-January.
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