Tosohatchee WMA, July 28, 2013

The ditches were mostly filled with water, so I was unable to get close-ups of most of the wildflowers and had to rely on telephoto shots. My wife Julie took some of the telephotos pictures. This was just a quick visit, so we didn't do a thorough search for wildflowers. We didn't go far enough east on Power Line Rd to see swamp rosemallows, but they were in full bloom along I-95 just south of SR 520 and in the St. Johns River marsh along SR 520 just east of the river.

Some wildflowers seen but not photographed were beautyberry, buttonbush, arrowhead, Nuttall's meadowbeauty, yelloweyed grass, hatpins, frogfruit, primrose willow, St. John's-wort, piriqueta, hairypod cowpea, starrush whitetop, orange milkwort, frostweed, beggarticks, and rosy camphorweed,

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 Blackeyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae)
Native

Only a few blackeyed susans were still in bloom, mostly along Beehead Rd.

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Bladderwort (Utricularia spp., Lentibulariaceae)
Native

This was probably floating bladderwort, Utricularia inflata.

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frog f

Blazing star (Liatris spp., Asteraceae)
Native

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Bobwhite (male)

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Blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum, Asteraceae)
Native

Widespread.

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Carphephorus spp.

Probably two separate species shown here. The left-hand one might be C. odoratissimus, and the right-hand one might be C. paniculatus.

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Pineland chaffhead (Carphephorus carnosus, Asteraceae)
Native

Indicators are corymb inflorescence, stem hairy, bracts hairy and spine-tipped.

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Catesby's lily; pine lily (Lilium catesbaei, Liliaceae)
Native

We saw only this one, although there were probably others too low or obscured to be seen. Blooms summer and fall. This was a telephoto shot.

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Goldenrod (Solidago spp., Asteraceae)
Native

Goldenrod was in full bloom thoughout the area. There appeared to be several different species.

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Meadowbeauty (Rhexia mariana, Melastomataceae)
Native

I believe this is the correct species identification. The bottom two photos clearly show the tiny spurs at the attachment point of the anthers. I don't know yet if the presence of the spurs are diagnostic.

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Mohr's thoroughwort (Eupatorium mohrii, Asteraceae)
Native

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Semaphore thoroughwort (Eupatorium mikanioides, Asteraceae)
Native

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

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Florida false sunflower (Phoebanthus grandiflorus, Asteraceae)
Native, Florida endemic

A couple of clusters of Phoebanthus were found along the south side of Power Line Rd.

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Carolina redroot (Lachanthes caroliana, Haemodoraceae)
Native

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Skyflower (Hydrolea corymbosa, Hydroleaceae)
Native

Found along Power Line Rd and Fish Hole Rd.

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American snowbell (Styrax americanus, Styracaceae)
Native

Seed capsule.

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

Gone to seed.

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