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Leon County Wildflower Preservation Area
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North end of Smith Creek Road at SR 267
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Roadside low area full of wildflowers
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Primrose willow (Ludwigia spp)
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Frog fruit (Phyla nodiflora)
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Shepherd's needles (Bidens alba)
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Shepherd's needles (Bidens alba) -- a butterfly favorite!
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A green lynx spider waiting for prey
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Pink morning glory or Tie vine (Ipomoea cordatotriloba)
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Mexican clover (Richardia scabra) -- ant food source
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Pollinators love the Buttermint (Hyptis mutabilis)
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Another roadside citizen hides out for hunting a meal
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Bloom progression beyond the mowing lane
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Previous mowing line, beautiful blooms waiting to move over
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A thick stand of variable leaf sunflower (Helianthus heterophyllus) beginning to bloom
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The dry sandy roadsides are packed with fall flowers
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Lance leaf blanket flower (Gaillardia aestivalis) is abundant here
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Wild buckwheat (Eriogonum tomentosum)
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Wild buckwheat feeding a pollinator
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Something likes this gopher apple (Licania michauxii) -- was it a gopher tortoise?
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She's not telling
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Another roadside area rich with wildflowers
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Black senna (Seymaria cassioides) close up and personal
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Black senna (Seymaria cassioides)
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Variable leaf sunflower (Helianthus heterophyllus)
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Variable leaf sunflower up close (Helianthus heterophylla)
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Yum!
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Roadside beauty depends on us to protect it -- Shortleaf rose gentian (Sabatia brevifolia) )