What's Blooming - in Wooded Areas along the Trails and Rivers in Florida
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6-6-2009: I traveled south on State Road A1A from Melbourne Beach to Coconut Point Sanctuary, a 62-acre property managed by the Environmentally Endangered Lands Program of Brevard County.
Florida Fiddlewood
The Florida Fiddlewood (Citharexylum spinosum) was blooming profusely. Fiddlewood is a small tree or shrub that grows in coastal areas of Central and South Florida, including the Keys.  The berries provide a food source for wildlife.
Gopher-Apple-
The Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii), another important wildlife food source, was blooming in large areas of this sanctuary.  The Gopher Tortoises should have plenty of tasty fruit available in a few months. This native plant grows in most of Florida and also ranges into nearby states.

- Photos by Vince Lamb



blueberry

3-9-2009: Stumbled over this little "shiny blueberry" plant (Vaccinium myrsinites) in bloom today inside the Seminole State Forest during a hike through the scrub and sandhills there. The Forest straddles a number of diverse upland and low habitats, and is often a place you can have to yourself.  Even when not in bloom, the plant is a wonderful study in miniature with its tiny bright green and red leaves. Today, all of the plants I saw were chock full of blossoms. Later this spring they'll morph into blueberries and make the Florida black bears who live here very happy!
- photographed by Bill Belleville, Sanford 


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11-1-2008: A queen butterfly stops for a sip of slender flattop goldenrod (Euthamia caroliniana) in Long Leaf Pine Preserve
- Photographed by Lisa Roberts, Florida Wildflower Foundation executive director
Lobelia_glandulosa
11-1-2008: This delicate Glade Lobelia (Lobelia glandulosa) was found during a recent tromp in Long Leaf Pine Preserve, a new Volusia County purchase. The preserve is in East Volusia off State Road 44.
- Photographed by Lisa Roberts, Florida Wildflower Foundation executive director

11-4-2008: Titusville Balm (Dicerandra thinicola) at Dicerandra Scrub Sanctuary in Titusville – by Vince Lamb, Florida Native Plant Society, November 2008. This endangered plant, endemic to North Brevard County, grows in a sanctuary bearing its name
11-4-2008: 11-4-2008: Titusville Balm (Dicerandra thinicola) at Dicerandra Scrub Sanctuary in Titusville  This endangered plant, endemic to North Brevard County, grows in a sanctuary bearing its name.
Submitted by Vince Lamb, Florida Native Plant Society.
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Titusville Balm (Dicerandra thinicola)  blooming at Dicerandra Scrub Sanctuary in Titusville.


Submitted by Vince Lamb, Florida Native Plant Society.


liatris
9-29-2008: Liatris (blazing star) in bloom just outside Blue Springs State Park.
Reported and photographed by Jenny Welch with Kissimmee Valley Audubon Society

pitcher plants

5-2-2008: A clutch of hooded pitcherplants bloom in Rock Springs Run State Reserve, a massive DEP tract along the middle Wekiva River, south of State Road 46 in Lake County. The plants migrated from an adjacent bog into the deeper, moister ruts of a fire-break road. Several hundred thrive there, and I look forward every season to seeing them in bloom. This is Sarracenia minor, unlike the open-hooded trumpet pitcherplant (S. flava) that William Bartram described in north Florida. I’ve always appreciated the old naturalist’s passion, and particularly enjoyed the way he referred to another carnivorous Florida plant as a “sportive” vegetable.

Reported by Bill Belleville, Sanford