Wild Estuaries: Sea Snails
During my travels exploring the estuaries, I came across two species of snails; Marsh Periwinkle and the Mangrove Periwinkle. Marsh periwinkles feed on the algae collected on the blades of […]
During my travels exploring the estuaries, I came across two species of snails; Marsh Periwinkle and the Mangrove Periwinkle. Marsh periwinkles feed on the algae collected on the blades of […]
There is beauty along the brackish waters, the Carolina Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum). This Florida native plant is a slow-growing plant and blooms in the latter part of the summer months. […]
At the beginning of September, I enrolled in one of the courses offered at Cornell Lab- Bird Academy. That course is Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology. Honestly, there are so many […]
For the next couple of posts, I will be introducing you to some extraordinary creatures that thrive above and below in Estuarine habitats. A crab that climbs trees? I would […]
Florida Natures are about everything that lives in any ecosystem, including those you don’t see with your own two eyes or even through a macro lens.I recently invested in a […]
Protecting our fragile water systems starts at our front doors by Lilly Browning Hernando County Utilities Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program Coordinator Do you live on the water? If you live in […]
There was one other member of the mangrove family that I needed to make sure I brought attention to and that is the Green Buttonwood. This is another Florida native […]
Birds of the Estuaries There’s nothing quite like bird watching when there are so many species gathered all in one place! Many Florida coastal birds use these estuarine habitats as […]
Have you ever started learning about something, and then you think you got it all? Well, that is not the case with mangroves. There is so much more the know […]
Mangroves Mostly all Florida estuaries have one thing in common, and that is Mangroves! There are over 400,000 acres of mangrove forests that map along the coastal areas of Florida. […]
Florida Estuaries If you are learning about Florida’s ecosystems, it can be tough to grasp all the enormous amounts of information, whether it’s simplified or not. But do not let […]