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The Florida Native Plant Society 30th Annual Conference
Rooted in History, Forever Blooming May 20-23, 2010
Tallahassee, Florida
Join us in Tallahassee, a city rich in natural and cultural history, as the Magnolia Chapter hosts the 2010 Annual Conference. This special 30th anniversary conference honors our Florida Native Plant Society history and celebrates the plants, people and places of Tallahassee and the Big Bend Region. Over 400 people are expected to attend.
An enjoyable variety of field trips, tours and workshops are yours to choose from on Thursday and Sunday. Discover the unique native plants of upland glades, ravines, karst, savanna and other plant communities on field trips led by expert local guides, and in workshops on plant identification, plant propagation and maintenance. Attend presentations on the latest in native plant science, landscaping and other topics.
PEOPLE
On Friday and Saturday, keynote speakers and educational sessions will be held at the Leon County Civic Center. Featured keynotes are Dr. Betty Smocovitis, internationallyknown botanical historian from the University of Florida; Landscape Architect Darryl Morrison, who will showcase uses of fire and other natural processes in nationally recognized native plant designs; and June Bailey White, writer and National Public Radio commentator, who will read new stories with accompanying photos by Gil Nelson.
Get reacquainted with Bill Partington and the people who started the first gathering of native plant enthusiasts in 1980. Meet folks from Florida and other southeastern states who share a common vision of native plant protection
PLACES AND EVENTS
Experience special places, including the 22nd floor of the Florida Capitol, with its fantastic 360º views, Goodwood Plantation and Tall Timbers Research Station. Enjoy the annual FNPS Landscape Awards, silent auction, FNPS Jeopardy, and musical entertainment by local bands The Weeds and the Mayhaws. Famous local authors will be on hand for book signings. Native Nurseries of Tallahassee will also be celebrating a 30 year anniversary with a reception and open house, and special programs are being planned for youth as well.
The Conference Hotel is the DoubleTree Hotel, 101 South Adams Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Reservations are being accepted at 850-224-5000.
For more conference details see: www.fnps.org/pages/conference/ Join us in May 2010 for the FNPS 30th Anniversary!
The purpose of the Florida Native Plant Society is to preserve, conserve, and restore the native plants and native plant communities of Florida.
Official definition of native plant: For most purposes, the phrase Florida native plant refers to those species occurring within the state boundaries prior to European contact, according to the best available scientific and historical documentation. More specifically, it includes those species understood as indigenous, occurring in natural associations in habitats that existed prior to significant human impacts and alterations of the landscape. Organization: Members are organized into regional chapters throughout Florida. Each chapter elects a Chapter Representative who serves as a voting member of the Board of Directors and is responsible for advocating the chapter’s needs and objectives. See www.fnps.org
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Below: Sandhills in the Apalachicola National Forest. Photo by Fritz Wettstein.
Palmetto
Features
4 Native Visions – Illuminating the Beauty of Native Plants
Members of the Florida Society of Botanical Artists celebrate the beauty and diversity of Florida’s flora through art.
8 Mystery of the Red Hibiscus
William Bartram called Hibiscus coccineus “this most stately of all herbaceous plants”. Why this lovely plant is not more often grown in native gardens remains a mystery. Robert W. Read’s article reminds us of the wonder and drama of the cardinal mallow.
13 Chapter Grant Provides Funding for Garden Signage
The Mangrove Chapter creates a native plant garden complete with informational signage in Charlotte County. Article by Jane Wallace.
14 Trying to Eat Tread Softlies
The glass daggers that cover the stems, leaves, flower stalks, and fruits of Cnidoscolus stimulosus are stiff, brittle and chock full of a cocktail of compounds. Dr. Jack Putz cooks up some for dinner.
Palmetto seeks articles on native plant species and related conservation topics, as well as high-quality botanical illustrations and photographs. Contact the editor for guidelines, deadlines and other information at pucpuggy@bellsouth.net, or visit www.fnps.org and follow the links to Publications/Palmetto.
ON THE COVER: Artist Susan Benjamin’s graceful depiction of Passiflora incarnata in watercolor.
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Illuminating the beauty of Florida’s native plants
Artists from the Florida Society of Botanical Artists celebrate native plants
Botanical art today is enjoying a renaissance, and although it often depicts far-flung marvels of the botanical world, many contemporary practitioners of this timeless art seek their subject matter in more prosaic locations, such as their own back yards.
Under the artist’s brush, the complex structure of a pine cone is analyzed and delineated. A nodding ray flower visited by butterflies is captured in graceful strokes of color. A flower’s anatomy is explored in cross section. Rendering plants in the classical botanical style distills the essence of each subject, making it somehow more comprehensible than a photograph. Whether created for scientific study or the contemplation of beauty, the art of Florida’s flora enhances our understanding of each native plant’s form and function.
Artist – Gloria Markiewicz
Top: Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris Medium – Prismacolor color pencil
Right: Encyclia tampensis Medium – watercolor
Artist – Kay Adams
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Top left: Silphium asteriscus with Vanessa virginiensis
– watercolor
Artist – Susan Benjamin
Top right: Jacquemontia pentanthos
– acrylic
– Susan McDonald
Bottom right: Helianthus debilis, Bidens alba, and Poinsettia cyathophora
Medium – watercolor
Artist – Charlotte Staub Thomas
Illuminating the beauty of Florida’s native plants
Encyclia tampensis Medium – graphite Artist – Susan Benjamin
Bonamia grandiflora Florida lady’s night cap Medium – graphite. Artist – Leslie Nicks Panzarella
Ipomoea pes-caprae Railroad vine Medium – graphite Artist – Cindy Clifton
Asimina reticulata Medium – pen & ink on drafting vellum
Artist – Philip Louis Phillips
In April of 1774, while Florida was still a British possession, William Bartram traveled the Rio San Juan south from its mouth, near what is now Jacksonville. This botanist/horticulturist with a poetic bent wrote extensively of the sights, sounds, wildlife and plants he saw along the way. He seemed particularly enamored with the brilliant cardinal mallow. “Lake George” Bartram wrote: “is beautified with two or three fertile islands,” with “...many curious shrubs. The islands have...rich swamps on the shores..., and are...verged on the outside with large marshes, covered entirely with tall grass, rushes, and herbaceous plants; amongst these are several species of Hibiscus, particularly the Hibiscus coccineus. This most stately of all herbaceous plants grows ten or twelve feet high, branching regularly, so as to form a sharp cone. These branches also divide again, and are embellished with large expanded crimson flowers. I have seen this plant of the size and figure of a beautiful little tree, having at once several hundred of these splendid flowers, which may be then seen at a great distance. They continue to flower in succession all summer and autumn, when the stems wither and decay; but the perennial root sends forth new stems
by Robert W. Read, Ph. D.
the next spring, and so on for many years. Its leaves are large, deeply and elegantly sinuated, having six or seven very narrow dentated segments; the surface of the leaves and of the whole plant, is smooth and polished.”
According to Mary Francis Baker (1938); a botanist of the past century described Hibiscus coccineus as “probably the most gorgeous of all the plants indigenous to the United States.” Baker herself said that this crimson Hibiscus is “One of the most striking of our wild mallows.” In Bailey’s Cyclopedia of Horticulture (1950) H. coccineus was said to be indigenous from “Georgia south in swamps.” Of its horticultural value Bailey wrote “apparently not hardy in the northern states: but, that “plants have lived in the open... in the neighborhood of Philadelphia.”
While this species has been known since Bartram’s time and was cultivated as far north as Philadelphia it is surprising that such a desirable plant should have been so neglected by authors of books on Florida wildflowers, landscaping and horticulture.
Although the cardinal mallow is a swamp dweller by nature, it is not restricted to that environment. About 15 years ago the author saw a plant of this species
Mystery of theRed Hibiscus
growing in a friend’s yard in suburban Washington D.C. The brilliant red flowers and leaves resembling those of marijuana begged a request for a propagation. Not only did the small divided plant survive, it thrived, producing ten foot branching stems laden with bloom and setting numerous seed pods. The seed germinated in the spring with young plants of Hibiscus coccineus becoming established throughout the garden. Interest in the plants grew and many of the young plants were distributed among the author’s friends. There can be no doubt about the hardiness of the species. The cardinal mallow thrives on heavy clay, sandy, humusy, wet or dry soils in the northeast. It therefore seemed to be the perfect landscape plant for native or cultivated gardens in south Florida. A characteristic of the species, like the other mallows, is that after a summer of bloom and seed set, the stems die down to the ground and remain dormant until early spring.
Along with the mystery of why the cardinal mallow is so poorly treated in the wildflower books, is the question, why isn’t it commonly grown in south Florida? After several attempts to grow the cardinal mallow under normal garden conditions at the author’s home near Naples, Florida, it was found that the only plants to survive were planted in soil that was saturated and/or flooded during the growing season. It was noted also that the seedlings developed root-knot nematode very quickly and became stunted. Under normal horticultural conditions nematodes took over and the plants died. When grown in the north where
References Cited
Bailey, L.H. 1950, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, The Macmillan Company, New York
Baker, Mary Francis. 1938, Florida Wild Flowers. The Macmillan Company, New York
Bartram, William. 1791, Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida. James Johnson, Philadelphia (the Dover edition published in 1955 and edited by Mark Van Dorn is an unabridged reprint of the work published by Macy-Masius, Publishers in 1928).
the soil freezes, nematodes are apparently less of a problem and the plants thrive. It appears then that when the cardinal mallow grows in the deep peat and perennially flooded marshes of Corkscrew Swamp the nematodes are discouraged and the plants thrive.
The profusion of cardinal mallow at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary can perhaps be partly explained by the particularly severe drought of the 1980’s. The seedlings benefited by the shallow water during their growing season and mature plants are now thriving under the greater abundance of water. Distribution outside the Sanctuary in south Florida is perhaps restricted by the nematode problem and lack of conditions necessary for the germination and establishment of the seedlings. Once established, the vigorous perennial root system permits the plants to persist for many years, flowering and fruiting in abundance.
Two color forms exist for Hibiscus coccineus, the red or crimson as indicated by the specific epithet “coccineus”, and a pure white form occurring spontaneously throughout the population at the National Audubon Society Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. The best time for blooming in south Florida is mid-summer.
Observations on the alba form of Hibiscus coccineus
Many species of plants produce pure white flowered forms when the usual and described flower color is otherwise.
In the case of Hibiscus coccineus, not only are the petals white, plants that will produce white petaled flowers can be recognized even in the fruiting and seedling stages by the absence of red or purplish tints to the stems and leaves. The stems are pale green to almost chartreuse and the leaves remain perfectly green.
A small percentage of seedlings grown from each batch of seed collected from red-flowered plants (ca. 7%) result in the alba-form. Likewise, about 22% of the seedlings grown from each batch of seed collected from the white-flowered plants results in the typical red form. Intermediate or pink -flowered forms are unknown.
About The Author
Robert W. Read, Ph.D. first became interested in botany while serving as a volunteer at The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida. He received his M.S. degree in botanical systematics and horticulture at Cornell University, and his Ph.D. from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, West Indies.
Dr. Read was Botanist Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution; served as Research Collaborator at The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; and a was a volunteer at the National Audubon Society Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida.
FNPS Chapter Grant Funds
Signage in a Native Plant Garden
In 2008, the Mangrove Chapter began development of a garden at Cedar Point Environmental Park with three primary objectives – to create an exhibit of Florida native and endangered plants; to install larval food plants for native butterflies; and to provide interpretive signs and materials to educate the public.
Endangered Plants in the Garden
A grant from the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program and additional cash donations allowed us to purchase plants for the garden.
Other plants were donated. Cheryl Peterson, Bok Tower Gardens Conservation Manager, provided endangered plants from the Bok collection and supervised their planting. Many are not native to Charlotte County, and Chapter volunteers regularly report on their status to Ms. Peterson. This data will add to research being conducted on the requirements of endangered plant species growing outside their normal geographic range.
Designing the Educational Signs
Committee members toured local gardens to review signage systems and discovered that many signs contained a multitude of information but were also very large. Since our garden features a variety of plants of differing sizes, often growing close together, large signs are impractical.
We chose a basic 2 x 4 inch aluminum sign with a satin background and black text, mounted on an 18 inch stake. An FNPS Chapter Grant made the purchase of the garden signs possible. Since the cost of $1,002.30 to purchase 94 signs from Precision Design Systems of Rochester, New York slightly exceeded our grant, the difference was made up from Chapter funds.
by Jane Walllace
Each sign contains common and scientific names, and native plants are indicated by a solid black graphic of the state of Florida with the word native or endangered underneath. These designations were determined by using the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, which can be found online at florida.plantatlas.usf.edu.
We considered showing plant distribution by county as depicted in the Atlas, but decided against doing so because of several factors –the state graphic is small, plant distribution is changeable, and Charlotte County is under represented with vouchered plants.
Endangered plants contributed by Bok Tower Gardens have a “courtesy” line under the scientific name. One definition of courtesy is “willingness or generosity in providing something needed” – that definitely fits the actions of the Conservation Program at Bok Tower Gardens.
Select non-native species were planted to provide nurture for butterflies and their larvae, and signs identifying these plants include the word introduced. We felt this term a better choice than non-native or exotic, which could be misconstrued by the public.
One sign design has no graphic, and identifies associated plants as common garden herbs I was asked several times if the fennel, parsley and rue we had planted as larval food were the same plants used in herb gardens. We used this signage to answer the question.
To complement the signs we created a garden guide that provides information about butterfly larval host plants and also gives us a way to monitor visitors to the garden.
We are very proud of our garden and its signage and invite you to visit. To see the garden online, go to the garden section of our website, mangrove.fnpschapters.org.
Jane Wallace retired to the Englewood area in 2004 and became a member of the Mangrove Chapter soon after. She began coordinating the establishment of the Chapter Garden in 2008.
Trying to eat tread softlies
It was a mistake to walk out into the field in flip flops. I wasn’t going far, so I didn’t bother with shoes or boots. I should have known that there was a nettle out there just waiting to zap me.
By Dr. Francis Putz
Francis E. “Jack” Putz is a professor of botany at the University of Florida, Gainesville. His primary area of interest is in forest community ecology, and he has done research in both tropical and temperate zones. Dr. Putz also has written an entertaining collection of essays about living with Florida’s unique flora and fauna.
We try to keep the area near the house and most of the trails free of Cnidoscolus stimulosus, the plant we refer to as “stinging nettle” or “tread softlies.” Our principal control method for this nuisance native is as follows: approach the nettle warily and be-booted; grasp the stem of the nettle between the toes of your boots; and, lean back, thus breaking off the plant below ground. Repeated yankings are required to kill a plant because, below the rupture point, the taproot swells into cigar-shaped tuber that plunges another foot into the ground. Yanked or mowed tread softlies resprout readily. If you look carefully, you may notice that defoliation results in increased densities of the stinging trichomes on resprouted plants. Eventually, if you are persistent, the plants succumb. Herbicides like glyphosate also kill stinging nettles, but I found that the big poisoned plants were often replaced by several small ones, perhaps germinating from buried dormant seeds. Botanically our nettle is no relation to the nettle of the north, Urtica dioica Their’s has non-descript flowers and typically toothed leaves whereas ours has pretty white flowers and three-pointed leaves that exude white latex when damaged. U. dioica is related to hemp, fig trees, and mulberries whereas
Glass daggers cover the surface of Cnidoscolus stimulosus Photos by Jeremy Ash.
C. stimulosus is in the family that includes rubber trees, cassava, croton, and tung. Most importantly, while the stings of the northern nettle definitely hurt, our species really packs a punch.
Tread softly stings hurt for both physical and chemical reasons. The glass daggers that cover its stems, leaves, flower stalks, and fruits are stiff, brittle and chock full of a cocktail of compounds from which only serotonin has been isolated. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that we need for normal brain function, but the compound has also been linked to depression, autism, eating disorders, schizophrenia, obsessive/compulsive disorder, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety, panic disorder, seasonal affective disorder, extreme violence, hostility and aggression, suicide, migraine, manic depression, and addiction. I’m not sure about these effects, but tread softly stings really do smart.
Most people give tread softlies a wide berth and wouldn’t consider inviting them in for a meal. Such people probably never enjoyed eating the famous chaya or “tree spinach” of the Yucatan, which is the cooked young foliage and stems of C. acontifolius or C. chayamansa. With a taste somewhat akin to our familiar spinach, chaya is richer in protein, fiber, minerals (calcium, potassium, and iron), and vitamins (ascorbic acid and beta carotene). Tea brewed from chaya is also reputed to provide therapeutic benefits for non-insulin dependent diabetic mellitus (NIDDM) symptomatology. But because I have intimate knowledge of both our own tread softlies and mala mujer (“evil woman”), a species of Cnidoscolus found in Costa Rica, I approached the culinary trials with our native species with due caution.
My first attempt at turning the tread softly problem into a solution was to excavate and eat their roots. Armed with a long-handled spade, I ventured forth into the pasture, dug down a foot or so, and extracted several of the Tiparillo-thick tubers. At first I tried peeling them, but gave up and just tossed them into boiling water. After cooking for 10 minutes or so, the hard-won result was delicious, much tastier than an “Irish” potato or cassava, almost nutty in flavor.
Digging is too much work and, anyway, my principal focus was on tread softly foliage as a food. Gloved and long-sleeved, Antonio and I collected a pot full of fresh plants, and put them on the stove to boil. Our approach was to cook the plants for different lengths of time, removing a few every 15 minutes. Since the idea of piercing the roofs of our mouths with toxin-packed miniature glass daggers appealed to neither of us, we settled for checking for intact trichomes on the cooked plants with a hand lens. After 5 minutes of boiling the stinging hairs still looked lethal. An additional 15 minutes of cooking seemed to have little effect. Finally, after 45 minutes of a rolling boil, the daggers still looked lethal and we tossed them out unsavored.
Perhaps we were cowards. Perhaps the lethal-looking trichomes had actually been disarmed. In our defense, they still seemed brittle when prodded with a finger. In any case, we decided to cease in our pursuit of eating tread softlies and leave this to other, more adventuresome investigators.
Cnidoscolus Facts:
Scientific Name: Cnidoscolus stimulosus
Common Names: bull-nettle; tread-softly; finger-rot; spurge-nettle
Family: Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
Field Recognition Features:
Erect plants covered with stiff stinging hairs; palmately 3- to 5-lobed leaves, conspicuous tubular-based white flowers in a cluster terminating the stem; 3-parted bristly capsule with 3 mottled seeds. Blooms all year in Florida.
Distribution: Florida: native; nearly throughout the state.
Habitat: Dry, often sandy areas such as sandhills, dry woods, beaches, scrub, and disturbed areas (such as roadsides, fields, and lawns).
Toxicity:
Irritant compounds that cause intense stinging and itching fill the long, stiff, hollow hairs on the stem, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Although not intensively studied, the injection mechanism may be similar to that in Urtica species: each hair ends in a blunt tip that breaks off, permitting injection of the poison into the skin. Often a rash (or tiny red bumps) appear after the burning sensation wears off (usually less than 30 minutes).
Source:
Fact Sheet HB-003; University of Florida Herbarium Stinging Nettles of Florida: Cnidoscolus
Online at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hb003
Florida Native Plant Society Annual Report
for the Years Ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008
Statement of Functional Expenses
Statement of Financial Position
31, 2008 and 2007
Statement of Cash Flows
Independent Accountant’s Report
August 3, 2009
To the Board of Directors of Florida Native Plant Society,
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of Florida Native Plant Society (a non-profit organization) as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements of activities, cash flows, and functional expenses for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Organization’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We have conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Florida Native Plant Society as of December 31, 2008, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Ella
W. Boll, CPA, P.A.
Certified Public Accountant
Winter Park, Florida
Statement of Activities
Call for Scientific Papers and Poster Presentations
The Florida Native Plant Society annual conference will be held in Tallahassee, Florida, May 20-23, 2010. The conference Science Track will include presented papers on Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22. Posters will be on display on Friday and Saturday and the poster session will be on Saturday afternoon.
Researchers are invited to submit abstracts on research related to native plants and plant communities of Florida including preservation, conservation, and restoration. Presentations are planned to be 20 minutes in total length (15 min. presentation, 5 min. questions).
Abstracts of not more than 200 words should be submitted as a MS Word file by email to Paul A. Schmalzer paul.a.schmalzer@nasa.gov
Include title, affiliation, and address, and indicate whether you will present a paper or poster.
Abstracts are due February 1, 2010.
Grants & Awards
2010 Landscape Awards
Each year at the Annual Conference, FNPS gives awards for high quality native plant landscapes. If you have a home, business or school site landscaped primarily with native plants, you can apply for one of our landscape awards. Mitigation and restoration project categories are also eligible for FNPS landscape awards.
For additional details and an application, visit www.fnps.org, click the Awards and Grants link, and select Landscape Awards 2010
2010 Endowment Research Grants
The Florida Native Plant Society maintains an Endowment Grant program for the purpose of funding research on native plants. Grants are awarded for a 1-year period. To apply for an Endowment Grant, download an application from the FNPS web site. Go to www.fnps.org, click the Awards and Grants link, and select Research Grants
2010 Conservation Grants
Each year, FNPS awards up to 3 Conservation Grants and up to 3 Research Grants. For information and an application, visit www.fnps.org, click the Awards and Grants link, and select Conservation Grants
2010 Teddy Bierly Chapter Grant
FNPS Chapter Grants provide funding for special projects of educational value initiated by FNPS chapters. Examples of projects eligible for funding include (but are not limited to): publications, native plantings, displays, educational program materials, and special program expenses.
For more information, and an application, visit www.fnps.org, click the Awards and Grants link, and select Grants to Chapters
Applications for all grants and awards are due March 5, 2010.
The Florida Native Plant Society PO Box 278 Melbourne FL 32902-0278
FNPS Chapters and Representatives
For chapter contact information, visit www.fnps.org. Go to Join FNPS and click on the Find a Chapter link.
1. Citrus .............................Jim Bierly ........................................jbierly@tampabay.rr.com
2. Coccoloba ......................Dick Workman .................................wworkmandick@aol.com
3. Cocoplum ....................... Volunteer Needed ............................
4. Conradina .......................Vince Lamb .....................................vince@advanta-tech.com
5. Coontie ...........................Kirk Scott .......................................kirkel1@yahoo.com
6. Dade ..............................Lynka Woodbury ..............................lwoodbury@fairchildgarden.org
7. Eugenia ..........................Sue Thompson ................................susandjesse@bellsouth.net
8. Heartland .......................Amee Bailey ....................................ameebailey@polk-county.net
9. Hernando .......................Jim Clayton .....................................geoska10@hotmail.com
10. Ixia .................................Jake Ingram ....................................jakeingramla@comcast.net
11. Lake Beautyberry ...........Peg Lindsay.....................................pegcondor@embarqmail.com
12. Lakelas Mint ...................Ann Marie Loveridge .......................loveridges@comcast.net
13. Longleaf Pine .................Amy Hines.......................................amy@sidestreamsports.com Cheryl Jones ...................................wjonesmd@yahoo.com
14. Lyonia .............................David Schroeder..............................evolvinglandscapes@yahoo.com
15. Magnolia ........................Ann Redmond .................................aredmond@mindspring.com
16. Mangrove .......................Al Squires .......................................ahsquires@embarqmail.com
17. Marion ............................Robin Caple ....................................robincaple@comcast.net
18. Naples ............................Ron Echols ......................................preservecaptains@aol.com
19. Nature Coast ..................Susan Vaughn .................................vaughn_s@firn.edu
20. Palm Beach ....................Lynn Sweetay..................................lynnsweetay@hotmail.com
21. Pawpaw .........................Elizabeth Flynn ................................eliflynn@cfl.rr.com
22. Paynes Prairie ................Heather Blake .................................butterflygirlh@yahoo.com
23. Pine Lily .........................Christina Uranowski ........................curanowski@aol.com
24. Pinellas ..........................Debbie Chayet .................................dchayet@verizon.net
25. Sarracenia ......................Lee Norris .......................................lnorris@ectinc.com
26. Sea Oats .........................Jill Ziebell........................................jziebell@bellsouth.net
27. Sea Rocket ....................Paul Schmalzer ...............................paul.a.schmalzer@nasa.gov
28. Seminole ........................Deborah Green ................................watermediaservices@mac.com
29. Serenoa ..........................Dave Feagles...................................feaglesd@msn.com
30. South Ridge .................... Volunteer Needed ............................executivedirector@fnps.org
31. Sumter ...........................Carol Jean Miller .............................caroljean_miller@comcast.net
32. Suncoast .......................Kristina Herz....................................heartkh@gmail.com
33. Sweet Bay .....................Ina Crawford ...................................ina.crawford@tyndall.af.mil
34. Tarflower ........................Jackie Rolly.....................................j.y.rolly@att.net
Volunteer opportunity: volunteer needed for Okaloosa/Walton County area.