Up Close and Personal

A Day in the Carlton Reserve

Photos by Dave Cottrill

Differentiate Sabal palm (arrow stem) from saw palmetto (square stem)

The first blue flag irises and other early spring wildflowers

A photo gallery 

by Jean-Louis Dumaine

Take a "walk on the wildflower side" with Jean-Louis Dumaine, six months after the Memorial Day wildfire in the Carlton Reserve.

FLORIDA ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND COMMERCIALLY EXPLOITED PLANTS--By county download:
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Adobe Acrobat Document 1.1 MB

 

Who knew?

The lowly palmetto (serenoa repens) may be as much as 10,000 years old!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "Palmetto Issue"

Florida Native Plant Society

Vol. 33. no. 3 2016

"Age-old palms of Florida's Ancient Ridges"

Warren G. Abrahamson


"A Tale of Two Palmettos: the Foundation of Ecosystems"

Warren G. Abrahamson

 

 

Palmetto Issue 33.3 2016.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 9.8 MB

Carlton Wildflower Gallery: can be viewed singly or as a slideshow.

Also view Drew Shell's Wildflower Gallery. He and and Julie Scherer are regular Carlton visitors who assist us locating and identifying new and invasive species and have obtained grants for us from Microsoft Corporation. 

Help us identify our native wildflowers: e-mail Sherm@carltonreserve.org if we've misidentified any of them.

pictured : Hibiscus, Swamp Rosemallow--Hibuscus moscheutos

President

Linda@carltonreserve.org

 

Membership

Dan@carltonreserve.org

 

Information & Website

Sherm@carltonreserve.org

 

Park Naturalists:

 Meghan Harris Meyer 

mmmeyer@scgov.net

         Art Jensen

ajensen@scgov.net

 

Anyplace America.com

Link to searchable U.S. map resources with parks, trails, campgrounds, historical sites, marinas, etc.

 

Field Guide.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 3.8 MB

SARASOTA WEATHER

 

Sarasota County

Field Guide

to Conservation Lands

(download 64pp. PDF)

 

Friends of the Carlton

is a chapter of  FOSCP   

not for profit corp.