Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve Woodmansee in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 1989 (oldest restoration area, currently 34 year old!) in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes all of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
My other observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&on=2023-11-12&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&preferred_place_id=127553&subview=map&user_id=joemdo
Growing along the "Middle Earth Trail" east of JD Creek. The area was moderately to severely burned in the Pine Pond fire in August, 2022. Sandy-clay soil, part shade including standing-dead trees. Associated plants: Pinus taeda, Erigeron canadensis, Ilex vomitoria, Eupatorium serotinum. Juniperus virginiana, Acalypha monococca.
This is a weird one, I expect dumosum, walteri, or other common inland Symphs but the (sub)auriculate stem leaves are throwing me off
confirmed by @brettbudach
No tertiary branching, large achenes. Not as tall or rough to the touch as C. mariscus.
Paired rames, thin beige bracts, sandhillz not sure what else this would be