Tag Archives: Plants
Burnt cabbage palm
Aeschynomene indica
While these individuals have begun senescence, I’d guess this is a legume in this genus Aeschynomene. Google hits for A. indica are plentiful, so I suppose I’ll go with that…
Another Aeschynomene, A. sensitiva is abundant in Palo Verde.
Burnt cabbage palm
Burnt cabbage palm was originally published on Montegraphia
A coastal and fragrant species of bayberry, Morella cerifera.
A coastal and fragrant species of bayberry, Morella cerifera.
Wax Myrtle
A coastal and fragrant species of bayberry, Morella cerifera.
Salt intrusion
Changes in the salinity of the brackish marshes have wiped out some of the cabbage palm lining the marsh’s highlands. Forests of dead palm remain, perforated by woodpeckers.
These salinity changes are likely a result of sea level rise.
Croton punctatus
Gulf or Beach Croton (Croton punctatus) with a sand-covered beetle.
I’m not sure what the beetle is doing, but it was actually the beetles that caught may attention when walking passed this plant on the dunes of Ossabaw Island. If anyone has and ideas, please share.
I’ve seen and posted about another species of Croton (C. argenteus), native to Costa Rica.
Live Oak at Genesis Project ruins
Glasswort
A patch of glasswort Salicornia viginica covering the intertidal zone the west side of Cumberland Island National Seashore.