Fire-loving Florida Scrub Mint (Patreon)

Fire-loving Scrub Mints of Florida

Dicerandra modesta is the focus of this episode. it is an extremely rare and critically endangered species only known from this single site in Polk County Florida, where coincidentally there are plans to try to build another dreaded toll road. Fire-suppression, land clearance and invasive species are the three main threats to this plant and this entire scrub community full of extremely cool Florida endemics. Volunteers are needed to help with invasive species removal. If interested you can contact Lilly Anderson-Messec at Lillybyrd@gmail.com. other plants featured here are Garberia heterophylla, Warea carteri, Quercus geminata Ilicium parviflorum Habenaria floribunda