Sarracenia in the Cypress

Pitcherplants (Sarracenia flava) in a cypress prairie in the Apalachicola National Forest

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Pitcher plant Bog

Hatpins and Pitcher plants (Sarracenia flava in foreground) in wet cypress prairie in the Apalachicola National Forest

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Flower of a Meat Eating Plant

Wetter portions of wet prairies in the Panhandle are often characterized by dense stands of tall pitcherplants, primarily yellow pitcherplant (Sarracenia lava) near the Apalachicola River and white-top pitcherplant (S. leucophylla) to the west. (FNAI 2010)

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Tickseed in the breeze

Coreopsis nudata in the Apalachicola National Forest

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Wet Pine and Cypress Prairie

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Grass Orchids after Fire

Calopogon multiflorus in the Apalachicola National Forest. This orchid blooms primarily about two weeks post fire.

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Calopogon multiflorus

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Up on the Wet Flatwoods

Red-cockaded woodpecker cluster in the background

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Sandhill

Rich, sandy uplands with wiregrass, runner oak, and a diversity of wildflowers dominate the Sandhilll pine forest.

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Verbena carnea

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Fringed bluestar

Amsonia ciliata in the Sandhill

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