After looking at the falls yesterday we have pretty much done the highlights. I did a bike ride around the perimeter of the park this morning but that didn't take too long. They are doing something here that I thought was interesting. We have noticed the last few years we have visited Florida that there seems to be an effort to reestablish the native 'Longleaf Pine' forest on public land. The longleaf pine used to be the dominant pine tree in the state but, as we are prone to do, we cut them all down. They were replaced with faster growing pines like the Loblolly, Slash or Southern pine. The Longleaf grows slower but is more resistant to fire and insects. Below is a pic of some Longleaf seedlings. The needles are 8 to 10 inches long. We move tomorrow to a park on the Gulf Coast.
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