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| Rare Plants |
(state,
endangered)
Joe Budd has an exemplary population of Flyr's brickell bush,
a perennial herb with numerous purplish-pink flowers. Usually
found in sunny openings in dry, upland pine-oak woods and on
ravine slopes, Flyr's brickell bush flowers from late August
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(state, endangered)
Also called the umbrella tree, the pyramid magnolia is easily
identified by its distinctive leaves that spread from the tips
of its branches. A resident of Joe Budd's slope forest, the
pyramid magnolia produces fragrant, white flowers in the spring.
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(state, endangered)
From a distance the rare and beautiful silky-camilla looks like
a dogwood. In Florida the silky-camilla is only found on ravine
slopes in the Panhandle. This deciduous shrub blooms in mid-April.
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In February 2002, Joe Budd biologist Don Francis discovered
a large population of trout lilies blooming in the slope forest
along the Little River. Although common in northern hardwood
forests, the trout lily, also known as the dogtooth violet
is extremely rare in Florida.
Alabama azalea (state, endangered)
Ashe's magnolia (state, endangered)
Bent golden aster Florida merrybells
Gulf spikemoss
Heart-leaved willow (state, endangered)
Heartleaf (state, threatened)
Indian cucumber root
Orange azalea (state, endangered)
Scare-weed
Wiregrass gentian (state, endangered)
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Photos by Don Francis
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