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#22 Prickly-Pear - A Case of Mistaken Identity

As a typical case of mistaken identity, there are two different species of cacti native to Central Florida that share the same common...

#21 - Netted Pawpaw

When we talk about pollinator gardens, too often people refer to only two kinds of insects: butterflies and/or bees. The latter is...

#20 - White Sweetclover

White Sweetclover (Melilotus albus) blooms in the spring on the dike at the South end of the ELC campus and truly lives up to its name....

#19 - Magnificent Mulberry

Red Mulberry is a native deciduous tree that grows to be 40 feet tall and occurs most commonly in mesic (moist) hammocks and floodplains...

#18 - Mighty Buttonwood

Conocarpus erectus is a common medium-sized tropical tree on the ELC campus. Despite its other common name “buttonwood mangrove”, it is a...

#17 - Horsemint

Horsemint (Monarda punctata), aka spotted beebalm, is a short-lived perennial Florida native wildflower that typically grows to be 2 feet...

#16 - Golden Fig

On the South end of the property, where the mangrove forest meets brackish marsh, you can find a stately golden fig (Ficus aurea), aka...

#15 - Sea Ox-eye Daisy

On our last ELC campus field trip with the Orchid Island Garden Club on January 19th we hiked along the impoundment dike on the South end...

#14 Lichens Pt.1

Unfortunately, lichens are alien to most people. Have you ever wondered what those colorful splotches are that you can find on the bark...