Tosohatchee WMA, June 21, 2013

Toso is amazing! We find something new each time we visit. On this visit we found two species new to me (Obedient plant and Miterwort). We photographed 38 species, most of them common in Toso and photographed many times before. The ditches and pine flatwoods were very wet. Abundant species included blue mistflower, blackeyed susan, beeblossom, dayflower, wood sage, Nuttall's meadowbeauty, and rosegentian. Both species of thistle (Nuttall's and Purple) were well past their prime blooming season. My wife Julie shot a few of these photos using her Nikon SLR with a telephoto lens.

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Beehead Rd  
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Blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum, Asteraceae)
Native

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Southern beeblossom (Gaura angustifolia, Onagraceae)
Native

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Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata, Lamiaceae)
Native

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Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata, Pontederiaceae)
Native

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Largeflower rosegentian (Sabatia grandiflora, Gentianaceae)
Native

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Pitted stripeseed, piriqueta (Piriqueta cistoides, Turneraceae)
Native

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American bluehearts (Buchnera americana, Orobanchaceae)
Native

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 St. Nicholas Rd,
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St. Nicholas Rd

Orange milkwort (Polygala lutea, Polygalaceae)
Native

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 Starrush whitetop (Rhynchospora colorata, Cyperaceae)
Native

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Mohr's thoroughwort (Eupatorium mohrii, Asteraceae)
Native

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Nuttall's meadowbeauty (Rhexia nuttallii, Melastomataceae) Native

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Eastern false dragonhead; obedient plant (Physostegia purpurea, Lamiaceae)
Native

These mints are called "obedient plants" because an individual flower stays put when turned. Unfortunately I didn't know what the plant was at the time I photographed it, so didn't check out its "obedient" characteristics.

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Unidentified grass

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Clustered bushmint; musky mint (Hyptis alata, Lamiaceae)
Native

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Coastalplain St. John's-wort (Hypericum brachyphyllum, Clusiaceae)
Native

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Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana, Rubiaceae)
Native

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Leavenworth's tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii, Asteraceae)
Native

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Rosy camphorweed (Pluchea baccharis, Asteraceae)
Native

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Yellow buttons, coastalplain honeycombhead (Balduina angustifolia, Asteraceae)
Native

Only this one plant was found. Maybe it was too wet; they usually prefer dry, sandy soil.

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Lax hornpod (Mitreola petiolata, Loganiaceae)
Native

I had previously misidentified this as swamp hornpod, M. sessilifolia. This specimen has leaves with tapered bases and are short-stalked; therefore, it is M. petiolata. Leaf bases of M. sessilifolia are rounded and are not stalked.

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Rose-rush (Lygodesmia aphylla, Asteraceae)
Native

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Yellow colicroot (Aletris lutea, Nartheciaceae)
Native

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Whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta, Commelinaceae)
Native

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Seaside primrosewillow (Ludwigia maritima, Onagraceae)
Native

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Purple thistle (Cirsium horridulum, Asteraceae)
Native

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Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis, Rubiaceae)
Native

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Power Line Rd

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Blackeyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae)
Native

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Wood sage; Canadian germander (Teucrium canadense, Lamiaceae)
Native

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Fish Hole Rd.

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Creeping oxeye (Sphagneticola trilobata, Asteraceae).
Not native

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Lake Charlie
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Sweetscent; saltmarsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata, Asteraceae)
Native

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Marsh gentian; catchfly prairie-gentian; seaside gentian (Eustoma exaltatum, Gentianaceae)
Native

Marsh gentian can be found in the small pool of water immediately south of the SR 528 underpass.

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 Spurred butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum, Fabaceae)
Native

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Nuttall's thistle (Cirsium nuttallii, Asteraceae)
Native

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Bulltongue arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia, Alismataceae)
Native

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Shortleaf rosegentian (Sabatia brevifolia, Gentianaceae)
Native

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Winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum, Lythraceae)
Native

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Wild bushbean, phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides, Fabaceae)
Not native

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Fish Hole Rd.

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Fewflower milkweed (Asclepias lanceolata, Apocynaceae)
Native

This brightly colored milkweed was found growing on the edge of a pool of water along Fish Hole Rd., immediately north of the SR 528 underpass.

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Critters

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Gulf fritilary

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Zebra swallowtail

A black and white butterfly with a lot of white on its swallowtails.

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Gray hairstreak

The thin, hair-like appendages and vivid coloration on the back end of the wings fool predators into thinking that is the head.

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