by Rich Leighton | Feb 17, 2020 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Orchids
Certain species of orchids are parasitic. They are not able to produce food (sugar) using the sunlight and carbon dioxide (like other green plants with chlorophyll). Instead, they obtain food from fungi that live inside their roots. MORE PHOTOS OF NATIVE ORCHIDS MORE...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 12, 2020 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Ghost crabs are found on many of the same beaches as sea turtle nests. They devour baby turtles while they hatching out in the sand, and drag the baby turtles into their burrows and eat them up. MORE PHOTOS OF INVERTEBRATES MORE FLORIDA NATURE FACTS Florida Nature...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 13, 2020 | Birds, Florida Nature Facts, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
To cool their nests in hot weather, stilts use their belly feathers to carry water to the nests, sometimes making more than a hundred trips a day. VISIT THE BIRDS GALLERIES MORE FLORIDA NATURE FACTS Florida Nature Facts is a series about interesting facts about...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 17, 2019 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Landscape, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
The Fakahatchee Strand in Southwest Florida is famous for its variety of wild native orchids – particularly the ghost orchid, as well as its rare ferns and bromeliads. Part of the Northern Florida Everglades system, it has an extremely diverse eco system with...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 8, 2019 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Mushrooms, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Over 80 percent of all terrestrial plants have a mycorrhizal relationship with mushrooms. The roots of the plants have a symbiotic relationship with the underground mycelium. Mycelium nourishes the plant’s roots, and in turn, the plant transfers nutrients to the...
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