Spotted and identified by Steve Woodmansee when we were walking back to the truck after working in the HID. This would be the first record for Miami-Dade according to the Florida Plant Atlas: https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Genus.aspx?id=357
I almost convinced Steve to change the route we walked, which would have led us away from this area, so I'm glad he stuck to the original plan!

Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2003 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.

More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm

Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration

My other observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&on=2023-01-22&order=asc&place_id=any&preferred_place_id=127553&user_id=joemdo

Patch of scrubby habitat along utility easement that (so far) Florida Power & Light (FPL) has not destroyed (the easement fields east of this area along Imagine Way and Snicole Ave were mowed and mulched earlier this week, the easement through Crane Creek Sanctuary's scrub habitat was mowed down two weeks ago).

Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park. I had heard there was a fire in this area on April 12th, 2022 (four months ago) and came out to see what plants were around. Lots of amazing diversity!

All of my observations from today, which include a few observations from an event at Patch of Heaven Sanctuary:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.916366036152343&nelng=-78.3565687848439&on=2022-08-02&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=25.235070461875804&swlng=-81.62362811101578&user_id=joemdo

Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park. I had heard there was a fire in this area on April 12th, 2022 (four months ago) and came out to see what plants were around. Lots of amazing diversity!

All of my observations from today, which include a few observations from an event at Patch of Heaven Sanctuary:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.916366036152343&nelng=-78.3565687848439&on=2022-08-02&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=25.235070461875804&swlng=-81.62362811101578&user_id=joemdo

Long Pine Key, Gate 2A Trail

Notes from my old Portuguese teacher's observations from today:

"Here with my former student Ryan G on a little Everglades romp. We hiked down the Gate 2A trail in Long Pine Key, after poking around HID 2020 near the big sinkholes. Then drove down to the end of Research Road and hiked a bit west before going to the Royal Palm area and walking the Anhinga boardwalk trail. Some highlights included seeing a common nighthawk on its nest (I accidentally flushed it). A faithful beauty caterpillar chowing down on Metastelma blodgettii, Florida duskywing nectaring on Guettarda scabra, some black-bellied whistling ducks (my first seen in ENP), an American bumble bee visiting Lyrthum alatum and a red-shouldered hawk posing on the Research Road powerlines. We also saw eastern towhees, pine warblers, swallow-tailed kites, northern cardinals and lots of other stuff. Good times!

Ryan's observations from today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-06-22&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&user_id=ryangarcia

My observations from today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-06-22&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo "