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A Field Trip through Florida Flora and Fauna

Stopped by my favorite local preserve for a morning hike. It’s a relatively small area, but contains just about every Florida ecosystem crammed into one spot thanks to its uneven terrain.

Eryngium baldwinii:

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Liatris chapmanii:


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More Eryngium aromaticum:

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Tillandsia paucifolia, pot-bellied air plant:

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Entodon seductrix, one of my favorite mosses.

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Cuthbertia ornata, scrub roseling. First time seeing one of these.

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Cnidoscolus stimulosus, which will absolutely stab the crap out of you with its nearly invisible needles (ask me how I know).

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Houstonia procumbens. Absolutely love these guys. Perfect open terrarium plant.

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More tree Eriocaulons. Tillandsia utriculata.

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Senega nana.

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Trilisa subtropicana. These are just starting to bloom in mass, and it’s a sight to behold. Florida endemic.

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It’s been raining every day at about 3pm in typical south Florida summer style. Perfect conditions for the soft lichens to start their metabolism back up.

Dacrymyces sp.

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Some Amanita which may or may not kill me.

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Leptogium cyanescens. A foliose, gelatinous lichen.

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