Small slice of history out in the south western portion of Florida. The Smallwood Store in Chokoloskee, FL was first built in 1906 by Ted Smallwood, as a Trading Post to serve the remote Everglades area.
Everglades Photography
Pickerel Weed of the Marsh, Davie, FL
Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata)
The nectar of Pickerel weed flowers attracts insects, including bees and butterflies. It grows along many of the fresh water ponds, canals, marshes and across the glades
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Lee Smith
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach, Florida
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Lee Smith
The morning begins to wake things up across the marshes of South Florida Everglades
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