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Pawpaw Preserve
Pawpaw Preserve is a protected natural area in Palm Beach County, Florida. At 3 acres, Pawpaw Preserve is Florida's smallest natural area. The raison d'etre of the natural area is to preserve several important native species. The Pawpaw Preserve is named after the endangered four-petal pawpaw (''Asimina tetramera'') which is found within. Pawpaw Preserve contains at least 41 native South Florida plants, and 42 native animals. Some of the significant species found in the natural area include ''Opuntia stricta'', West Indian mahogany, the gopher tortoise The gopher tortoise (''Gopherus polyphemus'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide she ..., and the red widow spider. Pawpaw preserve contains about 37-39 four-petal pawpaws, and their population appears to be "stable." The preserve is periodically mowed to simulate th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is a county in the southeastern part of Florida, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's third-most populous county after Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County and Broward County, Florida, Broward County and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 24th-most populous in the United States, with 1,492,191 residents as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is West Palm Beach, Florida, West Palm Beach, which had a population of 117,415 as of 2020. Named after one of its oldest settlements, Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach, the county was established in 1909, after being split from Miami-Dade County. The county's modern-day boundaries were established in 1963. Palm Beach County is one of the three counties that make up the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. The area has been increasing in population since the late 19th century, with the incorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asimina Tetramera
''Asimina tetramera'', commonly known as the four-petal pawpaw, is a rare species of small tree or Perennial plant, perennial shrub Endemism, endemic to Martin County, Florida, Martin and Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach Counties in Florida, the state of Florida. The species is currently listed as Endangered species, endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered Species Act and as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, International Union for Conservation. The four-petal pawpaw is part of the family Annonaceae alongside other ''Asimina'' species. ''A. tetramera'' grows to between 1 and 3 meters tall with one or more branches. Mature flowers are maroon with some pink streaks and the fruit is yellow-green. It usually has six petals and four sepals. It lives exclusively in Pinus clausa, sand pine scrub habitat on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge. ''A. tetramera'' is pollinated primarily by beetles which feed on tissue on the surface of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opuntia Stricta
''Opuntia stricta'' is a species of large cactus that is endemic to the subtropical and tropical coastal areas of the Americas, especially around the Caribbean. Common names include erect prickly pear and nopal estricto (Spanish language, Spanish). The first description as ''Cactus strictus'' was published in 1803 by Adrian Hardy Haworth. In 1812 he moved the species to the genus ''Opuntia''. Description It is a shrubby, erect plant, extending lengthwise to somewhat upright and reach heights of growth up to in height, producing lemon yellow flowers in the spring and summer, followed by purplish-red fruits. It is quick to colonize hot, open environments with sandy soils. The blue-green shoot sections are bald, flattened, Glossary of botanical terms#ovate, ovate to inverted egg-shaped, and are tapered at the base. They are long and inches wide. The brownish areoles are far apart leaving most of the epidermis, with often one or more yellowish spines, at least near the edges and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swietenia Mahagoni
''Swietenia mahagoni'', commonly known as American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, and West Indian mahogany, is a species of ''Swietenia'' native to the broader Caribbean bioregion. It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. Mahogany is grown as a plantation tree and sold in timber markets in Kerala, India. ''Swietenia mahagoni'' is listed as "Threatened" in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. It is the national tree of the Dominican Republic. Distribution True to its name, West Indian mahogany is native to islands in the West Indies including the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti), but has widely been introduced to the rest of the Caribbean islands. It is also native to South Florida in the United States, representing the northernmost point of its range. Discovery and uses The earliest recorded use of ''S. mahagoni'' was in 1514. This date year was carved into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopher Tortoise
The gopher tortoise (''Gopherus polyphemus'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species. ''G. polyphemus'' is threatened by predation and habitat destruction. Habitat degradation is the primary reason that the gopher tortoise is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, but they are considered threatened in some states while they are endangered in others. The gopher tortoise is a representative of the genus ''Gopherus'', which contains the only tortoises native to North America. The gopher tortoise is the state reptile of Georgia and the state tortoise of Florida. Etymology Tortoises of the genus ''Gopherus'' are so named because of some species' habit of digging large, deep burrows like those of gophers. The specific name, ''polyphemus'', refers to the cave-dwelling giant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latrodectus Bishopi
''Latrodectus bishopi'' is the scientific name for the red widow spider, which is endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida, where it lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine, '' Pinus clausa'' – a type of vegetation found only in Florida and coastal Alabama. Description The red widow, ''L. bishopi'', has a red-orange cephalothorax, its abdomen is black with yellow rings outlining the rows of red spots and its legs are vermillion red. On its underside, it does not have the familiar hourglass marking and instead usually has one or two small red marks. Females are almost double the size of the male. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1938 by B. J. Kaston as the variety ''bishopi'' of the species ''Latrodectus mactans''. The name ''bishopi'' honors Marshall B. Bishop who collected the specimens on which the description was based. ''Latrodectus bishopi'' was raised to a full species in 1964 by John D. McCrone and Herbert W. Levi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunes Of The United States
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes, with little or no vegetation, are called '' ergs'' or ''sand seas''. Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and have a shorter ''slip face'' in the lee side. The valley or trough between dunes is called a ''dune slack''. Dunes are most common in desert environments, where the lack of moisture hinders the growth of vegetation that would otherwise interfere with the development of dunes. However, sand deposits are not restricted to deserts, and dunes are also found along sea shores, along streams in semiarid climates, in areas of glacial outwash, and in other areas where poorly cemented sand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
