Friends of the Carlton Reserve
1800 Mabry Carlton Parkway
Venice, FL 34292
Up Close and Personal
A Day in the Carlton Reserve
Photos by Dave Cottrill
Differentiate Sabal palm (arrow stem) from saw palmetto (square stem)
The first blue flag irises and other early spring wildflowers
A photo gallery
by Jean-Louis Dumaine
Take a "walk on the wildflower side" with Jean-Louis Dumaine, six months after the Memorial Day wildfire in the Carlton Reserve.
Who knew?
The lowly palmetto (serenoa repens) may be as much as 10,000 years old!
Florida Native Plant Society
Vol. 33. no. 3 2016
"Age-old palms of Florida's Ancient Ridges"
Warren G. Abrahamson
"A Tale of Two Palmettos: the Foundation of Ecosystems"
Warren G. Abrahamson
Carlton Wildflower Gallery: can be viewed singly or as a slideshow.
Also view Drew Shell's Wildflower Gallery. He and and Julie Scherer are regular Carlton visitors who assist us locating and identifying new and invasive species and have obtained grants for us from Microsoft Corporation.
Help us identify our native wildflowers: e-mail Sherm@carltonreserve.org if we've misidentified any of them.
pictured : Hibiscus, Swamp Rosemallow--Hibuscus moscheutos
President:
Treasurer:
Website & Info:
Park Naturalist
Meghan Harris Meyer
Link to searchable U.S. map resources with parks, trails, campgrounds, historical sites, marinas, etc.
Sarasota County
Field Guide
to Conservation Lands
(download 64pp. PDF)
