wildflowers

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

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.

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.

We go in search of Chapman’s rhododendron and other rare, fire dependent plants in the St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve.