Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Randall Hughes has wrapped her Saint Joseph Bay salt marsh research. What has she learned about diversity and the health and productivity of the ecosystem?