Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

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?

Liberty County is a carnivorous plant hotspot, with flowers that thrive with fire and eat insects. One woman wants to turn them into an economic driver.

A colder north Florida winter allows Dr. Randall Hughes a new glimpse into how mangroves survive northern Gulf marshes. And, Oyster Doctors airs on WFSU!

Can some disturbances be beneficial? So is Seagrass wrack in the salt marsh a destroyer, or provider of nutrients and habitat?

Could marshes in St. Joseph Bay be changing? Dr. Randall Hughes investigates the increasing black mangrove population of the SJB salt marsh.

Fiddler crabs are cute, but they have purpose, too. Dr. Randall Hughes looks at combinations of plant and animal species that make for a healthy salt marsh.

It’s hard to see, but marsh cordgrass plants have their own personalities. Genetic diversity may benefit the salt marsh and the critters that rely on it.

Schoolchildren take to Choctawhatchee Bay for a day of sun, fun, and coastal restoration. Grasses in Classes has kids raise and plant salt marsh cordgrass.

Marshes are as productive a habitat as oyster reefs, and just as vulnerable to drought. Randall Hughes looks at what makes a salt marsh resistant to loss.