Florida Wildflower Foundation org La Florida Land of

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

La Florida! Land of Flowers… lance leaf coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Ponce de Leon, 1513 Coreopsis, Official state wildflower Section 15. 0345, F. S. Thirteen Species common to Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

• Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 20: 58: 08 -0500 Subject: 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. Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Greg Ouzts Gabriella Corbin Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Leon County area based organizations • Friends of Maclay Gardens State Park • Lake Talquin State Forest • Leon Chamber of Commerce • Florida Communities Trust • Tallahassee Garden Club • FAMU Cooperative Extension • Big Bend Scenic Byway • UF Cooperative Extension • FDEP Office of Greenways and Trails • UF Research and Education Center • Florida Federation of Garden Clubs • Apalachee Chapter of the Florida Trails • Magnolia Chapter of Florida Native Plant Association Society • Florida National Scenic Trail • FAMU Landscape Architecture • Apalachicola National Forest Department • FSU Herbarium & Friends of the Herbarium

…the road less traveled… n color and beauty make a difference

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

You can get here…. with good timing and good communication Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

TIMING is right; right now. n. FDOT and County leaders want more wildflowers n. No additional funds, just carefully timed mowing n. Increases the availability of resources for other important needs n. Little or no known opposition n. Good for the economy n. Good for the environment n. Good for agriculture n. Compatible with forest and wetland management n. Complementary with rural nature and beauty of Leon County! n. Quincentennial is just three years away n. Makes people happy

COMMUNICATION Inform the community about §Commitment to safety §Commitment to conservation of native wildflowers §Improved mowing practices (frequency and extent) §Managed meadows… including litter pick up §Increased savings §Environmental & ecologic benefits Inform the mowing crews about §Commitment to conservation of native wildflowers §Frequency and extent of wildflower areas

Put away your mowers until after Thanksgiving dinner. Angus Gholson, Weed man. “Reduce mowing frequency to allow wildflowers to grow and set seed. ” Jeff Norcini, Ph. D. Oeco. Hort, LLC Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org

“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 US 17 state line Florida. Wildflower. Foundation. org