Florida December Hikes | Eliza

Hickory
North Bulow Woods – near Plantation Ruins SP
It’s a Jungle
Ancient Roots
Fungi Patterns
Sugar Mill Ruins – Bulow Plantation
The plantation was destroyed during the Seminole War

The photos below were taken on the 21st, Solstice, at North Peninsula State Park:

Scrubby Oaks
Sandy Trail
I love these contorted oaks
Garberia – an endemic species of Aster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garberia

Nice stand of Cabbage Palm
Although this is a small park, it’s one of my favorites
Wood Stork Fishing

The next photos were taken today at Bulow Woods, a section off of Walter Boardman Lane.

Hickory provides some Solstice color
Bulow Woods
Spanish Bayonet – A spiky subject
Where Cisco Ditch empties into Bulow Creek Marsh
Two Creeks Meet
Bulow Creek is Brackish Water, tide is out
Old Road through Bulow Woods

This group of photos is from three different walks. I visited Plantation Ruins SP last Sunday and then went to North Peninsula and another chunk of Bulow Woods today. The weather was pleasantly coolish. I encountered only two people with their dogs at No. Peninsula and no one on my walk in Bulow Woods on either day.

Central Florida’s oak, palm and hardwood forests don’t have the colorful autumn color found further north. Most of the color comes from the Pignut Hickories, Red Maples and Liquidambar (Sweet Gum) but most of these trees are so tall it’s hard to decipher who is who. The hickories do dump a lot of nuts this time of the year, keeping the local squirrels well-fed.

I hope everyone enjoys their Solstice and the days approaching Christmas.

In Joy,

Eliza Ayres

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Happy Solstice 2025

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2 Responses to Florida December Hikes | Eliza

  1. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    Beautiful, thank you so much for sharing

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  2. Keith Stratton's avatar Keith Stratton says:

    Hi Eliza,    Thanks for the lovely pictures, looks as though you had a really good hike.Also I’d just like to say many many thanks for all that you are doing for us your subscribers.I feel I would be floundering without your help in finding the truth.Looking for ward to an interesting new year,All the very very best to you. And a good new year. Keith/Busby

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