group photo
replanting the north point of the conservation area
McCarty Woods Restoration--another successful event. The north edge of the conservation area was officially replanted. thanks everyone for a great turnout.
Next event will be nov 15
McCarty Woods restoration--Sun. Oct 26, 830-10 am. Usual place - NE corner of the woods by the picnic table. Lots more native plants to put in. Cat’s claw to remove.More pine straw to put down
Please dress appropriately. We will again bring water, gloves, garbage bags, small hand saws, doughnuts!
group photos from Sept
McCarty Woods Restoration, Sun Oct. 26.
830-10am. More native plants to put in. Cat’s claw …we will continue pulling it off trees. More pine straw to put down
Usual place - NE corner of the woods by picnic table.
We will bring water, gloves, garbage bags, loppers, small hand saws, doughnuts!
McCarty Woods/ Harmonic woods --250 volunteers braved the drizzle to replant natives in the conservation area aand remove invasives. Over 80 trash bags of invasive plants (fern and coral ardisia) were removed. Thanks everyone and thanks intro bio students for helping out!
McCarty Woods update-- marvelous mints. The horsemint (Monarda punctata) on the east side of the woods is spectacular this year ... with lots of pollinators. Definitely check it out! Close up courtesy of Tom Webber
McCarty Woods Restoration Event. Sat. Sept 27...early start given the heat… 830-10. Lots to plant, pinestraw and bark to put down. Usual place - NE corner of woods by picnic table. We will bring water, gloves, garbage bags, small hand saws, doughnuts! Come for whatever time you can.
McCarty Woods--it is spring in the woods...lots in flower. The east side that was replanted just a year ago is spectacular. Take a walk in the woods.
Next Restoration Event --March 30, 9-930.
Welwitschia mirabilis at sunset
Tetraena simplex (Zygophyllaceae)
Tetraena stapffii (Zygophyllaceae)
some cool desert plants of Namibia...
Amazing news! TreeTender was just selected by FIVE CONTINENTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL via FilmFreeway.com! as best short animated film
www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025... very nice piece on Galax and polyploidy ...Defense of Plants. Nice job Shelly
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Awesome turnout at McCarty woods Saturday. Thanks to all volunteers. Special thanks to SACNAS for their help!! The bark on the south side looks great - it will reduce erosion. ew signs looks great. Lots of new plants in the ground on the east side. Next event Sun March 30.
It is spring in McCarty Woods. Red buckeyes planted during last 3 years are leafing out. Next McCarty Woods Restoration event will be Sat. Feb. 15, 9-1030. Watering, more things to plant and more labels to add. Meet north side of woods by picnic table. We will bring water, gloves, doughnuts!
The many uses of McCarty Woods-- class use for Forest Mensuration FOR3430C
undergrads working on hipergator with genome sequence data for Carya glabra
tissue collection of Carya glabra (spring of 2024)
Genome assembly for the McCarty Woods Genome Project has begun—undergraduates have started work (first steps) on assembling the genome of pignut hickory (Carya glabra), a native species whose genome has not previously been sequenced/assembled.
Florida Museum of Natural History outreach - Molecular Lab and herbarium volunteers at Chiles elementary school...helping elementary school students isolate DNA from strawberries
