Plant Hunting in the Southeastern United States

Sipsey Wilderness, AL | Tombigbee State Park, MS | near Leflore, MS | Southeastern Florida | Southwestern Florida

Sipsey Wilderness, northern Alabama, March 2002

Anemone (Hepatica) acutiloba	Anemone (Hepatica) americana
Erythonium americanum (with Claytonia virginica)	State champion Liriodendron tulipifera!
Micranthes virginiensis habit	Micranthes virginiensis flowers
Sanguinaria canadensis (with Claytonia and Stellaria)	The Sipsey Fork

Tombigee State Park, near Tupelo, Mississippi, May 2002

Osmunda regalis in bottomland forest	Matelea decipiens
Fishbein in bottomland forest	Ole Miss botanists S. Vanderplank, S. Crockett, W. Schuehly

near Leflore, Grenada Co., Mississippi, May 2002

Arisaema dracontium Photo by Sula Vanderplank	Arisaema dracontium closer Photo by Sula Vanderplank
Arisaema triphyllum Photo by Sula Vanderplank	Matelea carolinensis

Southeastern Florida, Palm Beach County, May 2002

Acrostichum danaeifolium at edge of marsh	Phlebodium aureum growing on Sabal palmetto at edge of marsh
Anona glabra at edge of marsh	Botanist collecting Anona glabra
Cephalanthus occidentalis at edge of marsh	Thalia geniculata growing in marsh
Purple Gallinule, Porphyrula martinica	Baby Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
Lubber, Romalea guttata, at edge of marsh	Ficus aurea strangling Coccoloba diversifolia in a hardwood hammock
Bursera simaruba in hardwood hammock	Bursera simaruba canopy with flowers
Rhizophora mangle at edge of hardwood hammock	Avicennia germinans at edge of hardwood hammock
Cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Barefoot Beach, near Bonita Springs, Florida, May 2002

Coastal Dune	Passiflora suberosa
Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus	Vittaria lineata growing on Sabal palmetto

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Last modified July 11, 2002