Common in sandy oak-hickory-pine forest adjacent to large river
Rare in mucky seeps within buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
Common in shrub layer of mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay forest
Common in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay forest
Frequent in wet, peaty, mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay forest
Frequent in mucky seeps within mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
Locally common in understory of mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay forest
Uncommon in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
Common and heavily dominant in buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
Frequent in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
Occasional in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay forest
Uncommon in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay forest
Frequent in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
Common in mesic longleaf pine woodland
Uncommon in mixed buckwheat tree-sweetbay swamp forest
This area was burned on January 7th, 2021 (a little over 6 weeks prior to this observation) as part of a prescribed fire program to keep pine rockland preserves healthy. We have had a couple rainy days in the past two weeks so I came by to appreciate the phoenix-esque magic of the pine rocklands habitat. Photo twelve days after the burn here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68352405
I went a little crazy in the hour and a half I spent and photographed many plants in different stages of coming up. My favorite was Sporobolus junceus in full bloom: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70021405
All observations from today here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.667871519762745&nelng=-80.34393682199925&on=2021-02-22&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=25.665212208457042&swlng=-80.35414530950993&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any