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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Secret Woods Nature Center
Secret Woods is a city park consisting of a cypress strand and tropical hammock edged by mangroves along the river floodplain. |
We headed to the Pollinator Pathway. |
But like most places I've been, you look around the sign and can't identify what plant they are referring to. So I found the following photo. |
Cypress knees |
This cypress knee is a little easier to see. |
Then we switched to a boardwalk. |
The boardwalk ended after a short distance at a small amphitheater where they probably did demonstrations. |
In the middle of Secret Woods is the Nature Center so we went in to see what we could learn. |
Red Mangrove Propagule |
Click on the photo to enlarge it so you can read about the snake skin and skeleton. |
These bugs were huge!!! The smallest was over an inch long. |
If you look closely, you can see the name Fred under Sarah. So I'm wondering if Fred was replaced or if Sarah was initially identified as male. Hmmmm. |
Now don't mix up Sarah the box turtle and Pebble the cooter. |
Pebble looks a little unhappy but I would be too if I was stuck in a cage. |
Back outside we continued to explore. |
The Laural Oak Trail had a natural surface. |
Another Strangler Fig doing what comes naturally. |
Don't know what to call this but it was plant, not animal. |
Small Fiddler Crab holes. |
And I happened to catch a photo of one diving into his hole! |
Pretty fungi. |
Found this racoon wandering around in the daytime. It's by the base of the tree. |
Swamp Fern |
Now we are off on the New River Trail. Some of it was closed but we were hoping to get one more look at the river before we left Fort Lauderdale. |
Oh, this was a dreary place |
Mangroves loved it. |
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