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Clover in Florida
Fact 1: There are a lot of clovers!
Clovers are very attractive to a wide variety of pollinators. Florida Museum photo...
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Hearts-a-bustin’ in Florida
Euonymus americanus (also called hearts-a-bustin') capsules open to reveal red seeds in Arlington National Ce...
Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he discovered something unexpected: hundreds of World War II-era watercolor paintings, each of a unique Florida plant.
Likely untouc...
The Florida Museum of Natural History has hired botanist Lucas Majure as assistant curator of the University of Florida Herbarium. Previously a research scienti...
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Skunkvine in Florida
Skunkvine, Paederia foetida, is an aggressive, twining vine in the coffee family, or Rubiaceae. Plants produce multip...
Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them — the bad news is that you wouldn't want to.
While Tuber brennemanii and Tuber floridanum are edible “true...
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Wisteria in Florida
Wisteria has become somewhat iconic in lush gardens in the Southeastern United States. In the spring, it’s easy to locat...
While some might press flowers into books to preserve their beauty, researcher Mark Whitten does it to preserve history.
Whitten, a botanist in the Florida M...
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Coral Ardisia (in Florida)
Scientific name: Ardisia crenata
1: It’s a beautiful troublemaker
This hardy evergreen has a dense collection of glossy, dark green leaves above with clusters of small white flowers and shiny red pe...
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Air potatoes (in Florida)
Scientific name: Dioscorea bulbifera
This vine can be found in nearly every county in Florida.
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