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Guided Nature Program

The Tree Predator: Florida Strangler Fig Hike

  • Date: 05/06/2023 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM  
  • Location: Steven J. Fousek Preserve (Paleo & Teague Hammocks)
    8551 Carlton Rd
    Port St. Lucie, Florida 34987
  • Introduction: Visit www.SLChikes.org for more information and to register. Question? Call 772-462-2536 or email slchikes@stlucieco.org. Nature hikes and family programs are FREE, reservations are required for all activities, and space is limited. Guided Nature Programs run from October 2022 through August 2023.

This lovely and seemingly innocuous tree has a wily dark side, scheming against its neighbors. We will visit one of its "stalking grounds," see the fig's many forms, and learn about the Florida Strangler fig's unique adaptations which make it successful in the hammock forests of Florida.

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