I took the buyer of my solid food woods on a turn around some of my favorite wild place in the neighborhood this last week … and I just had to break off in tomy favorite little plot of ground of scrublandand take some photos .
Where some might see a sandy desolation of horse nettles , setose pear tree and poison oak tree … I see beautiful wildflower , acid - be intimate raging blueberries , delicate aboriginal pawpaws and a unparalleled habitat for gopher tortoise and other mintage uniquely suit to the nutrient - poor gumption and red-hot sun of scrubland .
I brought a fiddling confining - up electron lens for my novel Canon and decided to beguile some of the beauty I saw , both comestible and uneatable .
This earth star , for case :
That ’s a fungi , believe it or not . Does n’t it look like it was handcarved by a long - lost tribe of artisans ?
It was just under 2″ across from tip to tip . earthstar are very similar to puffballs in that they discharge their spore from a single orifice on the top of the fruiting body .
Here ’s a closer look :
reasonably amazing .
A similar structure repeats here in this oak gall I get hold :
That cozy dwelling likely house a tinygall wasplarva , which lived and get as the oak tree grew around it . I ’m amazed at how the bantam lichens are uprise across its surface and how beautifully the human body flows . architect take note !
Another beautiful muckle we meet was a large universe ofFlorida greeneyes :
And , of course , native shiny blueberry in bloom :
The aboriginal pawpaws that originally drew me to this lot have n’t arouse yet but I ’m sure they will soon . The prickly pear are sure bearing some lovely yield right now , tiny as they are :
I love experience the many habitat and species you could find even in just a short drive .
The Creator was endlessly creative when He formed this earth … I often finger like I ’m tiptoeing through a great creative person ’s studio .
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The Case of the Disappearing Berries
How to grow pawpaws from seed
Ecosystem Update: A Constellation of Florida Glow Worms
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The White Dotted Prominent Moth Caterpillar
Eating Beautyberries at Snacky’s
Helping Life Arrive in Your Garden
Is the Simpson Stopper edible?
Homemade pawpaw fungi inoculant
Wild Blueberries in Shade vs. Sun
