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RiverTrek 2021: Five Days on the Apalachicola River
Lower Lake Lafayette: Kayak Tallahassee’s Hidden Swamp
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Wacissa Springs Adventure | Kayaking a Wild Florida...
A Geologist’s View of the Apalachicola River |...
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Kayak Scouting Mission on the Ochlockonee Water Trail
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The WFSU Ecology Blog

  • Home
    • About
    • EcoAdventures
      • Kayak and Canoe Adventures
      • Hiking
      • Wildlife Watching
    • Observations From the Field
      • White Pelicans Visit Dr. Charles L. Evans Pond in Tallahassee
      • An April Walk at Ochlockonee River WMA
      • Nesting Raptors at Honeymoon Island State Park
    • WFSU Public Media Home
  • Documentaries
    • In Their Words: Black Legacy Communities in North Florida
    • EcoCitizen Show | Seasons in South Tallahassee
    • Red Wolf Family Celebrates First Year at the Tallahassee Museum
    • Roaming the Red Hills
    • Oyster Doctors
    • Testing the Ecology of Fear
    • EcoShakespeare
    • Stories from the Apalachicola
    • Classic WFSU Ecology Documentaries
  • Habitats
    • Estuaries
      • Oyster Reef
        • The Effects of Predators and Fear on Oyster Reefs
        • Apalachicola Oyster Research
        • Animal Species in a North Florida Intertidal Oyster Reef
        • Oyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
      • Salt Marsh
        • In the Grass- Salt Marsh Biodiversity Study
        • Plants and Animals of a North Florida Salt Marsh
        • Salt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass
      • Seagrass Bed
        • Predatory Snails, and Prey, of the Bay Mouth Bar Seagrass Beds
      • In the Grass, On the Reef Glossary
    • Waterways Big and Small
      • Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed
      • Apalachicola Basin
        • Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines | Virtual Field Trip
        • The Age of Nature Screening & Discussion | The Future of the Apalachicola
        • Apalachicola River and Bay
        • Apalachicola RiverTrek | Kayaking, Camping, & Hiking the River Basin
    • Longleaf Pine & Fire Ecology
  • Backyard Habitat
    • Backyard Blog
      • My Year in Bugs: the 2022 Backyard Blog
      • Backyard Ecology Blog | 2021
      • Backyard Blog November/ December 2020
      • Backyard Blog September/ October 2020
      • July and August 2020 Backyard Blog
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      • Backyard Blog February and March 2020
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      • Backyard Blog January 2019
      • The Backyard Bug Blog 2018
    • Backyard Flora and Fauna
      • Bees of North Florida and South Georgia
      • The Seasonality of Bees (and Bee Plants) in North Florida
      • Woody Vines of North Florida
      • Flies of North Florida are More Diverse than You’d Think
      • The Case for Weeds, Our Unsung Florida Native Plants
      • Devil’s Walkingstick: Your New Favorite Thorny Pollinator Plant?
      • Florida Native Milkweed | Tips for Growing Your Monarch Friendly Garden
      • Mistletoe | A Parasite for the Holidays (But Maybe We Like it Anyway?)
    • Florida Friendly Seasonal Planting Guide
    • Pollinator and Gardening Posts
    • Gardening Web Resources
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Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

This category lets you search for posts related to flowers, trees, and other plants. Sometimes the posts in this category focus on animals, such as butterflies, which have relationships to specific plants, or that have sections on specific plants or plant communities.

  • In the GardenPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PinePollinators and GardeningWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Florida Native Milkweed | Tips for Growing Your Monarch Friendly Garden

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas February 14, 2019
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas February 14, 2019

    Tips for planting Florida native milkweed species. Also, we trek to where these plants grow in the wild with the St. Marks Monarch-Milkweed Initiative.

  • Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PinePollinators and GardeningSwamps and other WetlandsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    What is the WFSU EcoCitizen Project?

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas January 31, 2019
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas January 31, 2019

    Native Florida Gardening. Citizen Science. Seasonality. The WFSU EcoCitizen Project offers a few ways to become more actively engaged with nature.

  • Longleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PinePollinators and GardeningWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Tallahassee Butterfly Count 2017: Know Your Local Species

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 23, 2017
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 23, 2017

    We meet many of the dozens of butterfly species found in several habitats in Tallahassee, as citizen scientists conduct a yearly survey.

  • Apalachicola River and BayPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineSwamps and other WetlandsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Steephead Salamander Search, and the Apalachicola’s Ice Age Refugees

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 16, 2017
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 16, 2017

    In a steephead ravine by the Apalachicola River, we look for the Apalachicola dusky salamander with Bruce Means. Here, we find a pocket of ice age Florida.

  • Florida's CoastsLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineSwamps and other Wetlands

    The Coastal Dune Lake Watershed | Connected by Fire and Water

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 25, 2017
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 25, 2017

    A restoration effort at Deer Lake State Park plants carnivorous flowers and uses prescribed fire to benefit shorebirds in its coastal dune lake watershed.

  • In the GardenPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PinePollinators and GardeningWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Butterfly Gardening | Building a Pollinator Habitat in Your Yard

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas October 20, 2016
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas October 20, 2016

    By choosing the right flowers and larval plants, you can fill your yard with pollinators. Learn the basics of building a butterfly garden in a new video.

  • Aucilla/ Wacissa WatershedEcoAdventuresPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineThe Red Hills of Florida & Georgia

    Lost Creek: Hiking an Ancient Forest

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 7, 2016
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 7, 2016

    At Lost Creek Forest in Thomasville, families explore an old growth forest at the headwaters of the Aucilla, and learn how to make use of native plants.

  • Longleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineThe Red Hills of Florida & GeorgiaWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Red Cockaded Woodpeckers and Fire in the Red Hills

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas March 31, 2016
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas March 31, 2016

    Jim Cox bands a seven day old red cockaded woodpecker and takes a group of FSU Biology students to a fire dependent, old growth longleaf pine forest.

  • EcoAdventuresPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineThe Red Hills of Florida & Georgia

    Volunteers’ Labor of Love: The Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas March 5, 2015
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas March 5, 2015

    The Florida Native Plant Society’s Magnolia Chapter worked to create and manage this preserve. They strive to protect our area’s rare and beautiful plants.

  • Ecology in Art & LiteratureEcoShakespeareLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    The Henslow’s Sparrow and the Ancient Longleaf Forest | EcoShakespeare

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas January 28, 2015
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas January 28, 2015

    Oberon and Titania’s martial strife has led to ecological upheaval. But what does that have to do with the Henslow’s sparrow and old growth longleaf pine?

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iNaturalist became a part of the WFSU Ecology Blog during the EcoCitizen Project in 2019.  Since then, we’ve used it to help identify the many plants and animals we see on our shoots.  And on the Backyard Blog, we show how it can be used to identify weeds and garden insects, to help figure out what’s beneficial or a possible pest.  Below is the iNaturalist profile belonging to WFSU Ecology producer Rob Diaz de Villegas.

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