Florida is... Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum) From http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep220 "Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum) Poisonwood is an evergreen shrub or tree that grows 25–35 feet tall in hammocks, pinelands, and sandy areas near saltwater....
Posted by | September 3, 2017
Florida is... Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers, Romalea microptera Learn more about them at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/lubber.htm
Posted by | September 3, 2017
My photograph is the crape myrtle tree which bursts with flowers attracting happy pollinators !
Posted by | August 24, 2017
25 years ago a #hurricane came barreling into my hometown at 168 miles an hour. It came out of nowhere… 48 hours earlier, the #Category 5 monster hadn’t yet been...
Posted by | August 21, 2017
Florida is,,, the #SunshineState Xavier Cortada, “Brother Sun,” digital art, 2015. Celebrating Pope Francis’ upcoming environmental encyclical: Cortada created “Brother Sun,” a digital art piece to celebrate Pope Francis’ environmental...
Posted by | August 21, 2017
Florida is... #Sunshine #Sunlovers: Today, August 21st, 2017, is a nice reminder for us not #eclipse the power of the #sun. Let's all use #Solar #power to generate #CleanEnergy!
Posted by | August 19, 2017
Learn more about lizards at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herpetology/florida-amphibians-reptiles/lizards/
Posted by | August 19, 2017
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was chosen for the Release to Tide series Cortada created for CLEER (see http://cortada.com/2015/WaterSCCF) because its natural charisma. The local dolphin population in Florida's Sanibel /...
Posted by | August 12, 2017
Florida is... Gasteracantha cancriformis #floridaisnature #spider. Gasteracantha cancriformis is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World. The genus name Gasteracantha derives from...
Posted by | August 12, 2017
Colorful yet frutty with a taste key lime pie, friendly, busy, fishy ? , can get a bit ?, sun kissed nose, sporty. Good place to retire.!
