Images

A great southern white butterfly visiting spanish needles, a wildflower that
grows in the Blowing Rocks Preserve butterfly garden.

A sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) along the dune path at Blowing Rocks Preserve.

Along the Blowing Rocks Preserve dune path, a gumbo limbo tree stands out
from the sea grape and palm that also populate the dune.

Looking down from the boardwalk on the western side of Blowing Rocks
Preserve, at the low tidal waters of the Indian River Lagoon heavily populated
with fiddler crabs.

Close-up of strangler fig tree that has enveloped its host tree, at Fern Forest.

Strangler fig tree that has enveloped its host tree, at Fern Forest.

Cypress trees and other vegetation seen within the ponded waters of Fern
Forest.

Shiny leaves of wild coffee seen in the understory at Blowing Rocks Preserve.

A close-up of white mangrove foliage growing along the boardwalk of Blowing
Rocks Preserve.

Sea grapes form a tunnel over this section of the dune path at Blowing Rocks
Preserve.

A young red mangrove and its arching prop roots seen in the exposed tidal flats
along Indian River Lagoon, found on the western side of Blowing Rocks Preserve.

A marl limestone outcropping amid ferns on the Fern Forest floor.

A giant leather fern along the boardwalk, at Fern Forest.

A red maple sapling with its new, red-colored leaves, at Fern Forest.

Buttressed bases and protruding "knees" of cypress trees seen within the
ponded waters of Fern Forest.

Lilies, ferns and pickerelweed in the understory of Fern Forest.

Looking down the boardwalk through a tropical hardwood hammock
community, at Fern Forest.

A golden-silk spider on its web, at Fern Forest.

A flowering spanish bayonet seen just before the boardwalk on the western side
of Blowing Rocks Preserve.

Close-up of a gumbo limbo tree at Blowing Rocks Preserve, showing red-brown,
peeling bark.

Common primrose willow (Ludwigia peruviana) blooming along the boardwalk,
at Fern Forest.