Malabar Scrub Sanctuary, August 14, 2014

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Bulltongue arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia, Alismataceae)

Native

Female flower in top photos; male flower in bottom photo.

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Button rattlesnakemaster (Eryngium yuccifolium, Apiaceae) Native

Found in moist soil areas.

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Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia, Vitaceae)

Native

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Winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum, Lythraceae)

Native

Painterly treatment in bottom photo: Photoshop dry brush filter.

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Pink purslane (Portulaca pilosa, Portulacaceae)

Native

Close-up photo shows individual pollen grains, some of them stuck to the starfish-shaped stigma.

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Rosy camphorweed (Pluchea baccharis, Asteraceae)

Native

Thick, clasping leaves.

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Showy milkwort (Asemeia violacea, Polygalaceae)

Native

Painterly treatment in two photos: Photoshop dry brush filter.

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Shrubby false buttonweed (Spermacoce verticillata, Rubiaceae)

Not native

Found in westside wet ditch.

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Tarflower (Bejaria racemosa, Ericaceae)

Native

Bloomed out, but recognizable by the distinctive leaves, hairy stem, and the sticky, emerging seed capsules.

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Unidentified

Found in moist area; probably a rush of some sort.

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Unidentified

Found growing in west ditch.

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Eastside Trail

Trails on the east side are dry and sandy.

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Westside Trail

Trails on west side have more pines and are wetter than eastside trails.

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Pond on Westside

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