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Location: Port Bougainvillea, north Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, USA
Observations at Port Bougainvillea, north Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, USAAll Locations | Edit
Notes: This is also called the Dagney Johnson Key Largo Hammocks State Park or something absurdly long like that. It is a popular spot on the ocean side just past where the overseas highway veers off and heads for the mainland. There’s a little parking lot right on the side of the road. It is the location of an illegal development that was nearly finished several decades ago (I guess they didn’t grease quite enough hands!). It contains a large amount of lush tropical hardwood hammock (some of the finest still in existence on the “mainland” US), coastal buttonwood scrub, mangrove, and rocklands (from quaries used to build the development). All the usual species, but a particularly good place to find lancewood (Ocotea coriacea) and willow bustic (Sideroxylon salicifolia).
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