Over Memorial Day weekend, the Bartram Trail Society of Florida participated in its sixth consecutive Florida Folk Festival. Our participation was made possible by the leadership and guidance of Society president Sam […]
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Colonial naturalist, artist, and author William Bartram and his father, John, first explored this area in 1765–66. They were inventorying plants and seeking the source(s) of the St. Johns River. […]
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Fort Picolata (Spanish: Fuerte Picolato) was an 18th-century Spanish fort on the east bank of the St. Johns River, in northeast Florida. It was about eighteen miles west of St. […]
Billy Bartram is best known as an explorer, botanist, artist and writer. But readers often don’t realize that he described and sketched many encounters with Native Americans. His observations, views […]
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William Bartram, American colonial naturalist, is best known for his 18th century botanical, writing and sketching skills of the Southeast colonies natural and cultural resources, published in his book “Travels, […]
Like many places in Northeast Florida, particularly around St. Augustine, amazing historical and natural resources exist. One such place is the St. Augustine Lighthouse, strategically located on Anastasia Island. Based […]
Our state has eleven native species of holly (Ilex), plus many landscape hybrids. Hollies, in the form of shrubs and small trees, are found in almost every plant community from […]
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The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) also known as the snake bird or water turkey, is a year-round Florida resident. They inhabit aquatic and marine ecosystems that include the Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal […]
Our southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera), also called bayberry and candle berry is a relatively quick growing, small, evergreen native shrub or tree, capable of reaching a height of about […]
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