Community Photos

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  Purple thistle (circium horridulum) has been in bloom. After the purple bloom this cotton-like fiber is left of the seed heads - American goldfinches use this fiber to build nests and eat the seeds.John W. · Hampton FL
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  Area purple thistle (circium horridulum) has been in bloom - easy to understand the horrid part of this spiny leaved plant - but the nectar and seeds are beneficial to bees, butterflies and birds.John W. · Hampton FL

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  Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) are blooming on the Hampton trail along with many other spring wildflowers.John W. · Hampton FL

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  Purple Passion Flower (passiflora incarnata) The fruit of this plant - called maypops - were eaten by indigenous people and Florida pioneers. Many Floridians still make preserves from this fruit.John W. · Hampton FL
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  Around Hampton in winter these bromeliads called ball-moss are easy to spot. It is not a parasite - does not take nutrients from trees but simply uses them for support.John W. · Hampton FL

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  Female great blue skimmer dragonfly at Hampton trail. Dragonflies have 2 large compound eyes with up to 28,000 lenses each and 3 simple eyes for nearly 360 degrees vision. A mosquitoes worse nightmareJohn W. · Hampton FL
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  SE of Hampton the Santa Fe Swamp covers over 7,000 acres and protects and maintains both the quantity and quality of water in Lake Santa Fe and the Santa Fe River- home to Poe, Blue and Ginnie SpringsJohn W. · Hampton FL

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  36.5 miles of the Palatka to Lake Butler State Trail have been completed. 32.4 miles from Palatka to Hampton. Construction on the unfinished portion from Hampton to Lake Butler has started (source AI)John W. · Hampton FL
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  Cypress Swamp at Hampton - January 2026. Just about all of the massive cypress trees across Florida were cut down in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some were believed to be 1000 to 3500 years old.John W. · Hampton FL

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  Brand new asphalt and striping at the parking lot for the Palatka to Lake Butler rails-to-trails trail head at Hampton - bathrooms, picnic shelter and playground in background.John W. · Hampton FL
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  There is pink wood-sorrel (oxalis debilis) not native to Florida and violet wood-sorrel (oxalis violacia)which is. I believe this is pink wood-sorrel on the rails-to-trails at Hampton April 2025.John W. · Hampton FL

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  Bamboo - a giant woody grass - symbolizes strength, flexibility, resilience and longevity. On the rails-to-trails at Hampton, January 11, 2026. Perhaps you know who planted it?John W. · Hampton FL