Author: Cameron Brooks

One Happy Epiphyte

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Tillandsia ionantha

Orchid Tree Bloom

Bauhinia purpurea

These flowers are edible!

Bauhinia purpurea

Red Button Ginger

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Costus woodsonii

Snake Plant Blooms

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Sansevieria trifasciata

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Sansevieria trifasciata

Hand Carved Door to the Tropics

Tiny Truffala

Mimosa strigillosa

Ephemeral Ghost Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

The illusive rows of ghostly flowers are actually a fungus feeding on fungi that’s feeding on tree roots. They’re epiparasites, or parasites sourcing nutrients from other parasites.

Monotropa unifloraHiawa

Eastern Native American tribes once used ghost pipe as an anticonvulsive and painkiller.

June Foraging

Cantharellus cibarius

A bike ride to a secret spot off South Milledge reveals a neon patch of orange on the forest floor. Click here for a simple and delicious recipe by Isa Chandra Moskowitz.

Aquatic Social Distancing

Matanzas Inlet Gets Rinsed

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Vernal Purple Invader

Wisteria 2 (1)

Wisteria sinensis

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Wisteria sinensis

Neon Sea Grape Venation

Coccoloba uvifera

For a sea grape jelly recipe and more, click here.

Snake Plants Occupy Coquina Beach

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Sansevieria trifasciata

Sabal Roots on Rattlesnake Island

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Sabal palmetto

Don’t they look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book?

Reclamation

Taraxacum officinale

Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Portulaca oleracea

Succulents and dandelions reclaim sandy soil from a tired, cracking tennis court. In the words of author Richard Powers, “There’s always as much belowground as above.”