About
Treasure Coast Natives is a blog about flora (and occasionally fauna) found in Palm Beach and Martin Counties. These counties lie on the East coast of Florida and are north of Miami. Martin County is part of what is referred to as the “Treasure Coast” due to the number of ships of Spanish galleons wrecked off the coast during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Palm Beach and Martin Counties have a vast number of conservation areas which contain almost 1300 non-cultivated plant species. Of this number, 950 are native. Almost every week George, John, and Billy visit an area and search for interesting species.
George is George Rogers. He received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Michigan and did postdoctoral work at Harvard. Now retired, he served as chairman of the Horticulture Department at Palm Beach State College and continues research on plants around Palm Beach County, Florida.
John is John Bradford. He is an avid naturalist, amateur taxonomist, and photographer.
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Treasure Coast Natives 
Steve Woodmansee
August 26, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Love it! Steve W.
Lynn Austin
February 14, 2012 at 4:12 pm
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February 14, 2012 at 4:26 pm
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SmallHouseBigGarden
August 7, 2014 at 4:49 pm
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Fascinating blog..and extremely well written!
Richard Brownscombe
February 2, 2016 at 1:29 pm
This blog is one of the best things going: so pleasant and fascinating to read, see, and learn. Thank you for the hours in office that were not much fun, when you wanted to be out. You love it; I love it.
Hal
August 19, 2016 at 1:08 pm
EXCELLENT source of info, thanks very much…I’m a nature tour guide at Weedon Island in St. Pete…in my retirement, I’ve returned to the childhood fun of learning about the bugs and bees and wiggly things…and wildflowers. Lots of good stuff here. I especially enjoy finding ‘hooks’ that help me tell a story about a plant, rather than just identify it. Something simple, like the meaning of “Bidens”, as in Bidens alba. Or actually tasting the salt laying on a White Mangrove leaf. Cool. Thanks for your work, and I know it is work, putting it all together to present.
Nancy Bowling
May 15, 2017 at 8:13 am
Thank you for this great blog! I’m sharing it with many friends. And thanks for keeping it upbeat. So easy to get weighted down with the destruction of FL.
Lani
March 22, 2023 at 12:06 pm
A sweet sign of spring.