Native Plant Walk: Upper Tampa Bay Park

Join Dave Perkey, Jan Allyn, and other nature lovers on Sunday, August 24th at this 596-acre peninsular park for a photography walk. Bring your camera or phone or just come along to stroll, learn and enjoy!

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The 596-acre park protects valuable coastal habitat and ecological communities that include mangrove forests, salt marshes, freshwater marshes, coastal hammocks, and pine flatwoods. Visitors can take a hike on nature trails and boardwalks and see gopher tortoises, zebra swallowtail butterflies, and even bobcats. They can also check out the shallow fresh water ponds that provide habitat for aquatic plants and animals. Live oaks and other hardwood trees often grow near these wetlands, where red-shouldered hawks and bald eagles are sometimes seen. The shoreline and waters attract park wildlife and many other species, including roseate spoonbills, ospreys, otters, bottle nosed dolphins, and manatees.

Learn more about Upper Tampa Bay Conservation Park:

https://hcfl.gov/locations/upper-tampa-bay-conservation-park

You may also like the following events from Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society:

• Next Monday, 1st September, 09:00 am, Garden Maintenance @ Gulf Beaches Historical Museum in St Pete Beach
• Next Friday, 5th September, 07:30 am, St. Pete Beach Dune Savers in St Pete Beach
• Next month, 11th September, 06:30 pm, Monthly Program: Propagation & Plantapalooza in Clearwater

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