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The first Dixie Iris of the year. (Iris hexagona). March is usually windy in SW Florida, and yesterday was no exception.

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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2012

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Nickerbean is a very spiny legume - beautiful yellow flowers later in the summer. These are seeds formed last year.

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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2012

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Shoestring fern - Vittaria lineata - occurs throughout the Florida peninsula - often epiphytic on...

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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012  |  Map

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Detail of lower trunk of salt-and-wind-pruned seagrape tree on front side of dunes, Del-Nor Wiggins...

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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012  |  Map

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salt-and-wind-pruned seagrape trees, front dunes, Del-Nor Wiggins Pass State Park. A member of the Buckwheat Family, Polygonaceae.

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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012  |  Map

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This is the result. Here the cabbage palm is almost dead - in a hammock without much sun to begin...

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012  |  Map

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This is how the Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea) begins - a tiny seed is deposited in a bird dropping -...

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012  |  Map

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trying to get the effect of the early morning sunlight on the bougainvillaea in the front yard....

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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012

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The salt-and-wind-pruned seagrapes (Coccoloba uvifera) at Del-Nor Wiggins Pass State Park in Naples,...

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012  |  Map

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more seagrape leaves - this time a view from below

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012  |  Map

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These are scrub live oaks at the Naples Preserve, an urban preserve in Naples, FL. It was near the...

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Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011

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Kitty is a friend who brings me things to draw. She found this knothole in a pile of mulch. I was...

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Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011

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Subadult gohper tortoise heading down toward its burrow at the Naples Preserve.

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Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011

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I need help with ID - I bought this plant at a "big box" store - labeled as a cactus, of...

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Uploaded on Jul 19, 2011

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Another view of the "mystery" stapeliad.

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Uploaded on Jul 19, 2011

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Uploaded on Jul 19, 2011

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Yet another stapeliad I bought with no name - any suggestions?

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Uploaded on Jul 19, 2011

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Tillandsia utricullata on Scrub Live Oak - Oak scrub is a thicket of branches, trapped leaves, all...

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Uploaded on Jul 8, 2011

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