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Straggler Daisy (Calyptocarpus vialis)Observer
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In mowed area
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Bur Clover (Medicago polymorpha)Observer
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Spiral soft fruiting bodies, in a mowed area.
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Southern Rockbell (Wahlenbergia marginata)Observer
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Purple - blue petals, growing in disturbed mesic sandy area
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Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)Observer
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In damp soil, wild
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)Observer
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Wondering what species makes a an L or sideways < flying formation of over 50 black-feathered birds (it was nighttime and they were quite high overhead
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Sandankwa Viburnum (Viburnum suspensum)Observer
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Cultivated as a hedge
Does not flower or fruit year round.
It is flowering late February 2024
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Starburst Bush (Clerodendrum quadriloculare)Observer
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Property owner said this is spreads rapidly.
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Bridges' and Orzell's Bluecurls (Trichostema bridgesii-orzellii)Observer
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Desiccated, fruiting or past fruiting
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Possum Grape (Cissus verticillata)Observer
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Vine, alternate leaves, has tendrils, no milky sap,
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Tahitian Bridalveil (Gibasis pellucida)Observer
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Non-native to Florida
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Flatwoods Bluecurls (Trichostema gracile)Observer
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Occurring on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Brevard County, xeric oak scrub, in sandy gaps among other native scrub plants. This Trichostema has narrow leaves and short trichomes.
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Thymeleaf Pinweed (Lechea minor)Observer
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In open Paola fine sands (as mapped by USDA) in xeric oak scrub, Atlantic Coastal Ridge.
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Maidencane (Panicum hemitomon)Observer
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In saturated soils at edge of the depressional wetland, in Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program, Dicerandra Scrub Sanctuary
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Torpedo Grass (Panicum repens)Observer
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Torpedo Grass (very invasive and non-native to Florida) interspersed with the native wetland plant species..
Dicerandra Scrub Sanctuary, but by the depressional wetland, definitely not in the xeric scrub.
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Scurf Hoarypea (Tephrosia chrysophylla)Observer
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In yellow sandy scrub, growing appressed to sand, in Atlantic Coastal Ridge xeric sand openings. Stems have short trichomes that are simple in appearance. Observed open, twisted legume pods on this individual (see fourth photo for open pods).
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Shortleaf Blazing Star (Liatris tenuifolia)Observer
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Slender, basal leaves becoming more slender and short apically
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Sugarcane Plumegrass (Erianthus giganteus)Observer
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The tallest grass, flowering.
In the marsh within the Brevard County Dicerandra Scrub Sanctuary.
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Plains Snakecotton (Froelichia floridana)Observer
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This individual is approximately 1.5 m tall.
