US DAVIE

UPLAND SYSTEMS JOURNAL FIVE

BY LIS G. CONTOLI

9/25/2018

DAVIE

TREE TOPS PARK and PINE ISLAND RIDGE

WEATHER

Temperature: 85° F

Partly Cloudy.

Chance of Rain: 20%

High: 90° Low: 79°

REFLECTION

These two parks are full of huge, tall, oak trees that make them seem like you are in fairytale forests, and the spanish moss hanging from their branches make the landscape so much more magical.

 

 

AIR POTATO – INVASIVE eaten by a biological control agent, a beetle that was developed in the lab to ensure it wouldn’t feed on anything else.

 

   MARLBERRY

An important food source for blue jays, cardinals, and mocking birds.

 

Sansevieria – AKA “Mother in Law’s Tongue”

 

 

WILD LIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

        A native citrus.

 

STAR MOSS – gitomaphite stage

 

PINE ISLAND RIDGE NATURAL AREA

Where the highest natural elevation in Broward County is, at just over 29 feet.

 

   SLASH PINES

 

  Rosary Pea – INVASIVE

 

 

OYSTER PLANT – invasive, spreads quickly

 

FLORIDA STATE BIRD: Mockingbird.

fun fact: The mockingbird is known for mocking and mimicking other specie bird calls.

 

   Mother in Laws tongue’s flower.

 

 

 

 

 

EXTREMELY INVASIVE SPECIES  –

Lantana Camara

 

 

 

  COIN WART

 

Orange moth.

 

FIRE ANTS – invasive species

Balsam Apple Fruit – EXTREMELY TOXIC.

 

Calencoa INVASIVE SPECIE from Madagascar.

 

WHITE PEACOCK BUTTERFLY

 

 

 

 

Golden Pathos INVASIVE VINE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Mexican Clover AKA “FLORIDA SNOW”, (invasive species)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPPERWINGS BUTTERFLY.