Climate and Ecology of East Central Florida Observations

[Jimbean]

My contributions from this topic  inspired me to make a thread on just Brevard, Treasure coast, and Orlando areas.  I'll post my observations and give my opinions but the main purpose will be to gather input from others as well.  Please feel free to post here.

 

[Jimbean]

Here's the first location

[Jimbean]

I would rate this location as:

 

[Jimbean]

[Jimbean]

[Jimbean]

 

 

 

 

58 minutes ago, Jimbean said:

 

 

Any ideas on what these are?

[Jimbean]

I should do it this way next time

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2831

 

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2832

 

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=860

 

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=624

 

I think this is it

[Jimbean]

Other species I found, some were pictured above:

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2815

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3811

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2172

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=760

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3264

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3593

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=727

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2765

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2182

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3579

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3791

 

And there's a lot more that I'm not mentioning, but either got pictures of or I saw

[Jimbean]

First three pictures are strangler figs that are over 50 feet tall

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3579

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=860

[Jimbean]

I don't know what this is

[Jimbean]

I forgot what this is

[Jimbean]

I don't know what this is either

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2182

[Jimbean]

This is another mystery.  I have some ideas though

[Jimbean]

1. sandgrape

2. firebush

3. gumbo limbo

4. southern red cedar

5. bayleaf

 

[Jimbean]

Ficus microcarpa

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2804

 

And there's much more that I did not post, but would have been redundant anyways. 

[kinzyjr]

1 hour ago, Jimbean said:

Any ideas on what these are?

The palms at the bottom look like Allagoptera ... possibly Allagoptera arenaria.

This thread will be an interesting re-read later this week

[Jimbean]

I'm up late reading about tropical hardwoods

 

btw, the "mock hibiscus" I mentioned earlier in the thread is actually this tree:

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=346

[Jimbean]

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2179

 

[Jimbean]

FIT campus

[Jimbean]

First, the mystery trees:

 

[Jimbean]

dypsis lutescens

[palmsOrl]

12 hours ago, Jimbean said:

 

 

 

 

 

Any ideas on what these are?

Allagoptera?

[Jimbean]

1 minute ago, palmsOrl said:

Allagoptera?

I think so

[Jimbean]

Temperate trees:

1 &2. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3905

3 & 4. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2120

5. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2866

6. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3530

7. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3925

[Jimbean]

Sabals

The first two I think are Sabal mexicana

[Jimbean]

Ficus species

 

Most of the strangler figs were small and I did not take pictures of them.  I still took some just to demonstrate that they are very common and I think are often missed.  There were some larger strangler figs there too; generally this species is more common on the coast, then tapers off as one heads inland

[palmsOrl]

Jim, thank you for posting all of these native shrubs palms and hardwoods.  This is now one of my areas of interest.  So far I have the Geiger tree (seeds), gumbo limbo, Ficus aurea, Coccoloba uvifera, red mangrove and the the temperate Nyssa sylvatica and Acer floridanum, as well as Quercus virginiana.  Photos to come later.

Next on my list is Cocoplum, Natal plum, West Indian Mahogany and white mangrove.

-Loke

[Jimbean]

[Jimbean]

I plan on posting more on the royals in Brevard and Treasure coasts later.  One of the problems I run into is that I don't always know for sure if a royal is pre 1989 or not.  It's getting harder to tell as the years go on.  Also, anytime I am near mature royals and there is land that is unkept that retains moisture you will often find volunteers popping up

[Jimbean]

Leucothrinax morrisii, I believe survived the 1980's

 

Edit:

I've been told a long time ago that there were other thatch palm species that existed around the campus but were cut down in the late 1990's for whatever reason.

Edited October 11, 2021 by Jimbean

[Jimbean]

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigelia

2 & 3. volunteer Caryota spp, probably Caryota mitis

4. citrus species that escaped into the wild

5. Phoenix reclinata can be invasive

[Jimbean]

5.

[Jimbean]

1. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2240

2. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2811

3. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2172

4. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2832

5. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3811

6. volunteer foxtail palms