Flora | Our Natural Places

We Found Orchids

Header Image: Manyflowered Grasspink (Calopogon multiflorus) Fortune smiled upon us a few weeks ago. Hiking in an upland pine forest was a bit surreal. One side of the path had recently...

Category: Flora, Florida, Photography Tags: Manyflowered Grasspink (Calopogon multiflorus), orchid

Escape From Lost Lake !

The Final Chapter Just as we thought all was lost at Lost Lake when we stumbled upon the remains of that alligator carcass which was likely a result of the poor...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american beautyberry, american bird grasshopper, brown thrasher, c-130, caeserweed, cloudless sulphur, dainty sulphur, florida carpenter ant, great crested flycatcher, lost lake, osprey, purple passionflower, rambur's forktail, red saddlebags, red-winged blackbird, swallow-tailed kite, thread-waisted wasp, trumpet honeysuckle

Finding Lost Lake

Header Image: Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) on Prickly Pear (Opuntia spp.) One of our birding “patches” which we often mention is the Tenoroc Fish Management Area. We mention it often because...

Category: Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator skeleton, apple snail, blue mistflower, brown anole, cloudless sulphur, ferns, four-petal st. johnswort, gulf fritillary, little blue dragonlet, lost lake east, mushroom, orchard orbweaver, rosy camphorweed, southern beeblossom, southern tussock moth, tenoroc fma

Morning Marvels

Header Image: Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) We missed sunrise. It was necessary to be home before lunch time. The decision to go for only a short while was, as usual, the...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator, carolina desert-chicory, common ground dove, eastern pondhawk, florida alicia, four-spotted pennant, grassleaf lettuce, halloween pennant, little blue heron, needham's skimmer

Out and About and Back Again

Header Image: Thunderstorm “Feel like a ride?” Florida’s wet season is somewhat predictable. Afternoon storms begin to arrive late in the day usually with a grand entrance involving a sound and...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: blue dasher, bluejacket, brown thrasher, crested caracara, eastern amberwing, ferns, netted pawpaw, red-winged blackbird, sandhill crane, st. johnswort, thunderstorm, turkey vulture, yelloweyed grass

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