Plantbrain
Active member
I have done a Fresh water aquatic plant field trrip here in Florida for hobbyist looking to see and collect plants. It is a 3 day trip and full of activity from sun up till after dark.
I am considering doing the same for Marine plants in either Long Key or Key Largo for 3 days with a day in between the FW and Marine shedules.
Disney, Space center, Busch Gardens, Key West etc is not far but the trip is fun even if you are not "into" plants, most folks like reefs and tropical islands.
Florida is not far away, flights are cheap etc. You need permits for other animals etc, but Seaweeds are fine.
Some folks may opt to hang out and do the FW plant trip also.
We do several swamp visits in North Central FL, and travel down a few FW springs to see and collect plants with a nice dinner at Cedar Key.
I do suggest cheap nice places to stay for the trip(Eg Marine Lab for aboutn 70$ for 3 nights), we split the cost of the carpooling, dinner/food and one to two boat trips out to selected sites.
The trip is based on more science and identification of marine plants in Florida. We will also do herbarium plant presses of various species.
If you are interested in a June date doing this, please state so on the list here.
The cost beside the out of pocket cost if 40$ per person for the three days.
Flight, carpool, boat, food will not be provided but I am trying to keep the cost down as much as possible while allowing individual preferences. I have good arrangements for sleeping and labs, good boat, close to markets/dining to get food, etc.
This worked out very good with the FW plant folks last Aug.
I would like to extend this to the Marine Plant folks also.
Snorkeling and swimming are required for both.
There is no other way to collect 40-50 species of marine plants and still keep the other half happy.
Regards,
Tom Barr
I am considering doing the same for Marine plants in either Long Key or Key Largo for 3 days with a day in between the FW and Marine shedules.
Disney, Space center, Busch Gardens, Key West etc is not far but the trip is fun even if you are not "into" plants, most folks like reefs and tropical islands.
Florida is not far away, flights are cheap etc. You need permits for other animals etc, but Seaweeds are fine.
Some folks may opt to hang out and do the FW plant trip also.
We do several swamp visits in North Central FL, and travel down a few FW springs to see and collect plants with a nice dinner at Cedar Key.
I do suggest cheap nice places to stay for the trip(Eg Marine Lab for aboutn 70$ for 3 nights), we split the cost of the carpooling, dinner/food and one to two boat trips out to selected sites.
The trip is based on more science and identification of marine plants in Florida. We will also do herbarium plant presses of various species.
If you are interested in a June date doing this, please state so on the list here.
The cost beside the out of pocket cost if 40$ per person for the three days.
Flight, carpool, boat, food will not be provided but I am trying to keep the cost down as much as possible while allowing individual preferences. I have good arrangements for sleeping and labs, good boat, close to markets/dining to get food, etc.
This worked out very good with the FW plant folks last Aug.
I would like to extend this to the Marine Plant folks also.
Snorkeling and swimming are required for both.
There is no other way to collect 40-50 species of marine plants and still keep the other half happy.
Regards,
Tom Barr