Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Golden canna

Our native relative of the cultivated canna, Canna flaccida, is also known as Bandana-of-the-Everglades.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Muhly grass

Muhly grass, Muhlenbergia sericea, flowering in recently burned prairie near the main entrance to Everglades National Park.





Friday, October 12, 2007

Pineland petunia


A common member of the pine rockland herb layer, Ruellia succulenta, is seen here flowering after fire.