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Gathering and Using Pine Needles
While they are sometimes considered a nuisance, pine needles have many uses.
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Beach Plants
Summer is here and in the spirit of the season, we decided it would be a great time to highlight a few medicinal beach plants common in Florida. In general, plants that grow in hostile conditions contain constituents that not only help them survive but are also good medicine for us too. It makes sense…
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Sea Grape
This small sprawling tree has large tropical looking leaves that make it popular as a landscaping tree in beach communities. The fruits and leaves are edible and have a number of medicinal properties.
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Beach Morning Glory
This beach plant is widely used in tropical areas to treat several conditions.
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Goat’s Foot
A common tropical creeping vine that grows on the sandy parts of beaches, goat’s foot is salt tolerant and propagates naturally by ocean dispersal (reproduces by sending its seeds, sea beans, floating out by ocean currents).
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Sea Oxeye
A daisy-like salt marsh flower that is common to Florida beaches.