Haven’t had time to put many words (or thoughts…) together, so here are a few May photos!
while in panhandle Florida – asclepias variegata! (redwing milkweed)
Again relieved to find the asclepias pedicillata (savannah milkweed) where I’ve found it in previous years…
Carpeting the wet edge of a retention pond, Bacopa monnieri (Monnier’s water-hyssop)
Very cool utricularia cornuta (horned bladderwort) – growing with the water-hyssop at the edge of a retention pond.
Wonder if this little box turtle was able to enjoy the snaily snack it was carrying on its backside!
Think this is a yellow-bellied slider – fun to see while in panhandle FL.
Tephrosia virginiana, aka Goats-rue.
Think this is Cornus (now Swida) foemina (swamp dogwood) – a few of these along a damp roadside in the neighborhood!
101 species 
…update, after a closer look at the leaves, think the picture labeled Cornus (now Swida!) amomum may be S. foemina, which evidently have 3-4 veins per leaf, vs. 5-7 (Flora of the SE US, Weakley, 2020)