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La Florida!

Land of Flowers…Ponce de Leon, 1513

lance leaf coreopsisCoreopsis lanceolata

Coreopsis, Official state wildflowerSection 15.0345, F.S.

Thirteen Species common to Florida


• Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 20:58:08 -0500Subject: Mowing County Roadsides & Preserving Native Wildflowers

• County is celebrating National Wildflower Week (May 3-10) by mowing all the coreopsis (State Flower) and other wildflowers ……

• Several people responded by pointing out that the county has recently been mowing native wildflowers at the height of their beauty, and BEFORE they have had time to seed.

• Ideally, mowing should be scheduled to allow native wildflowers to mature and disperse seeds ……, please postpone these work orders until we have talked.

• …we can find a way to maintain county roadsides while also helping native wildflowers survive.


Gabriella CorbinGreg Ouzts

http://www.wildflower.org/

http://www.riveroflakesheritagecorridor.com/

color and beauty make a difference

…the road less traveled…

You can get here….

with good timing and good communication


TIMING is right; right now.FDOT and County leaders want more wildflowersNo additional funds, just carefully timed mowingIncreases the availability of resources for other important needsLittle or no known oppositionGood for the economyGood for the environmentGood for agricultureCompatible with forest and wetland managementComplementary with rural nature and beauty of Leon County!Quincentennial is just three years awayMakes people happy

COMMUNICATIONInform the community about Commitment to safetyCommitment to conservation of native wildflowersImproved mowing practices (frequency and extent)Managed meadows… including litter pick upIncreased savingsEnvironmental & ecologic benefits

Inform the mowing crews aboutCommitment to conservation of native wildflowersFrequency and extent of wildflower areas

“Reduce mowing frequency to allow wildflowers to grow and set seed.” Jeff Norcini, Ph.D.

OecoHort, LLC


Put away your mowers until after Thanksgiving dinner. Angus Gholson, Weed man.

US 17 state line


“No other part of our country can show so great a variety in its wild flowers, and in no other state are there so many plants of strange habits and remarkable characteristics. More than three thousand species of flowering plants have already been listed as growing in Florida…” Florida Wildflowers by Mary Frances Baker 1926

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