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My neighbour’s wonderfully named Strawberry Tree has come into fruit, and the fruits are just stunning!
The Houston Zoo is a fabulous day trip from Austin. With a splash pad and air conditioned buildings, you can enjoy this spot even in the middle of Texas summertime.
You can freely use these photos with credit to The Austinot and a link back to our informative and fun article about the Houston Zoo: austinot.com/houston-zoo.
At first glance I thought this was an exotic flower, turns out its a Cheeto resting on a lily pad...
Since European explorers first made their way to its shores, Florida has acquired over 1,300 exotic plants which are reproducing on their own in the wild & apart from human cultivation.
Exotic plants were brought to Florida for different reasons, some as food sources for early settlers, some introduced years ago by collectors as specimens. In more recent times many were, and still are being used for landscaping.
The problem exotic plants are considered "invasive." A lack of natural controlling factors such as climate, diseases or insect pests combined with the fact that in their native land they must often be very aggressive just to survive can give them enough of an advantage to outgrow and overwhelm Florida's native species.
Once established, invasive exotic plants displace our native plants and are difficult to eradicate. Depending on the circumstances and the species, eradication efforts may employ manual removal, chemical sprays, biological controls or more often a combination of these methods.
Controlling these plants is vital to the preservation of Florida's ecosystems and the survival of many native plants, and because native animals rely on native plants for survival they too are affected.
Wild exotic plants are divided into two classifications * In Florida there are 67 Category One exotic plants that are causing ecological damage to native plant communities and 71 Category Two plants that are spreading and increasing in range but have not yet caused ecological damage.*
More information and currently listed species of invasive plants can be found at the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council website. www.floridasnature.com/exotics.htm
Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve, North Miami FL
I did another Belly Dancer because last time the breasts fell on my chin, this time the belly landed on the chin, so its a different dance!
First time to see a flower like this. It looks like coiffured to resonate the Japanese way of hair fashion.
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Chicory and Oriental Bittersweet, taken on the trail to the East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Gateway National Recreation Area, Queens, NY with a Pentax K200D and Sigma 50-500 EX DG.