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University of Florida Campus Plant Guide Where to Find It: A Plant Nerd's Guide to the University of Florida Campus Edited by Niels Proctor UF School of Forest Resources & Conservation Last Updated: 7/10/17 Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Welcome! ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Campus Map ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Gardens by Type .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Plant Wishlist ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Tree ID Tags (Metal) ................................................................................................................................... 5 Plant Walks (Wooden Posts) ..................................................................................................................... 11 Northeast Campus ............................................................................................................. 12 McCarty Botany Garden ............................................................................................................................ 13 McCarty Buildings Tour ............................................................................................................................ 17 Other Notable Plants of the Northeast Campus ......................................................................................... 31 Reitz Ravine Woods .................................................................................................................................. 40 Green Pond Grove ..................................................................................................................................... 43 Newins-Ziegler Sink .................................................................................................................................. 44 McCarty Woods ......................................................................................................................................... 45 Dairy Pond ................................................................................................................................................. 46 Gator Pond ................................................................................................................................................. 47 Ocala Pond ................................................................................................................................................. 47 Southeast Campus ............................................................................................................. 49 Notable Plants of the Southeast Campus ................................................................................................... 50 Bartram-Carr Woods ................................................................................................................................. 53 Jennings Creek North ................................................................................................................................ 54 Jennings Creek South ................................................................................................................................ 55 Lake Alice Creek ....................................................................................................................................... 55 Engineering Woods ................................................................................................................................... 56 Digital Design Wetlands ............................................................................................................................ 56 Wilmot Gardens ......................................................................................................................................... 57 Bivens Rim Forest ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Sorority Pond ............................................................................................................................................. 61 P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School ........................................................................................... 61 Blue Wave Wetlands ................................................................................................................................. 62 Hope Lodge Woods ................................................................................................................................... 62 Northwest Campus ............................................................................................................ 65 Notable Plants of the Northwest Campus .................................................................................................. 66 University Park Arboretum ........................................................................................................................ 66 President’s Park ......................................................................................................................................... 70 Trillium Slope (Golf Course Woods) ........................................................................................................ 70 Law School Woods .................................................................................................................................... 74 Corry Village ............................................................................................................................................. 75 Corry Upper Slough ................................................................................................................................... 75 Harmonic Woods ....................................................................................................................................... 76 Fraternity Wetlands ................................................................................................................................... 79 Graham Woods .......................................................................................................................................... 79 Graham Pond ............................................................................................................................................. 82 Southwest Campus ............................................................................................................ 83 Baughman Center and the Ficke Gardens ................................................................................................. 84 Fifield Hall ................................................................................................................................................. 84 Other Notable Plants of the Southwest Campus ........................................................................................ 91 ii PPD Woods ................................................................................................................................................ 92 Bat House Woods ...................................................................................................................................... 93 Ethnobotany / Ethnoecology Gardens ....................................................................................................... 93 University Gardens and Lake Alice Natural Area ..................................................................................... 96 Woods and open areas W of Powell Hall and Harn Museum. .................................................................. 97 Natural Area Teaching Laboratory (NATL) .............................................................................................. 97 NATL East (Surge Wetlands) .................................................................................................................. 102 Hogtown Creek Woods ............................................................................................................................ 103 Index by Family .............................................................................................................. 106 Index by Scientific Name ................................................................................................ 119 Cover photo: Aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis) blooming in the upper slough at Corry Village. The frog in the background is on a leaf of pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata). The Corry slough provides a small but thriving refuge for many birds, amphibians, and insects. For more information on the UF campus natural areas, see the Conservation Area Land Management (CALM) Plans published by the UF Planning, Design and Construction Division. http://facilities.ufl.edu/planning/calm/plans.php iii Where to Find It Introduction Welcome! The University of Florida main campus in Gainesville, Florida is an astonishing "hotspot" of botanical diversity, containing many hundreds of species of vascular plants. For students of horticulture, botany, and other plant sciences, the campus offers both
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