Friday, May 15, 2015

Jordan Scrub Sanctuary, May 13, 2015

This was my first visit to the Jordan Scrub Sanctuary. It's located at the end of Marie Street in Palm Bay, about 1 mile south of Malabar Rd. I walked only about 0.3 mile on the White Trail, which runs northeast from the trailhead. The area that I walked through was dry longleaf pine, saw palmetto, gallberry, and wiregrass habitat. There are several ponds and marshy areas in the sanctuary.
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Parking lot views
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Trail Maps

Left, from brochure at kiosk
Right, from online
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Top: Views on trail
Bottom: Views from trail head
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Trailing indigo (Indigofera spicata, Fabaceae)
Not native

Near parking lot
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Caesarweed (Urena lobata, Malvaceae)
Not native

Near parking lot
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American bluehearts (Buchnera americana, Orobanchaceae). Native

Empty seed capsules in bottom photo.
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Beggarweed, zarzabacoa comun (Desmodium incanum, Fabaceae)
Not native

Near parking lot
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Largeflower rosegentian (Sabatia grandiflora, Gentianaceae)
Native
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Orange milkwort (Polygala lutea, Polygalaceae)
Native
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Unidentified pea
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White lobelia (Lobelia paludosa, Campanulaceae)
Native
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 Yellow-eyed grass (Xyris spp., Xyridaceae)
Native
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Inkberry; gallberry (Ilex glabra, Aquifoliaceae)
Native
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Coastalplain St. John's-wort (Hypericum brachyphyllum, Clusiaceae)
Native
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Nuttall's meadowbeauty (Rhexia nuttallii, Melastomataceae)
Native
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Rusty staggerbush; rusty lyonia (Lyonia ferruginea, Ericaceae)
Native
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Fringed yellow stargrass (Hypoxis juncea, Hypoxidaceae)
Native
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Blackroot (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum, Asteraceae)
Native
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Yellow colicroot (Aletris lutea, Nartheciaceae)
Native
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Wiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx. var. beyrichiana, Poaceae)
Native
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Tarflower (Bejaria racemosa, Ericaceae)
Native
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Fetterbush (Lyonia lucida, Ericaceae)
Native
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Sweetscent; saltmarsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata, Asteraceae)
Native

Near parking lot
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Florida tasselflower (Emilia fosbergii, Asteraceae)
Not native

Near parking lot
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