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    #22 Prickly-Pear - A Case of Mistaken Identity
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 2 min

    #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...
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    #21 - Netted Pawpaw
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 3 min

    #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...
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    #20 - White Sweetclover
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 3 min

    #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....
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    #19 - Magnificent Mulberry
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 2 min

    #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...
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    #18 - Mighty Buttonwood
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 2 min

    #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...
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    #17 - Horsemint
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 1 min

    #17 - Horsemint

    Horsemint (Monarda punctata), aka spotted beebalm, is a short-lived perennial Florida native wildflower that typically grows to be 2 feet...
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    #16 - Golden Fig
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 2 min

    #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...
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    #15 - Sea Ox-eye Daisy
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 2 min

    #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...
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    #14 Lichens  Pt.1
    kenny699
    • 5 hours ago
    • 3 min

    #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...
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    #13 Gopher Apple