Welcome to Sarasota and Manatee Counties joining the world wide City Nature Challenge! This page is for tho...

The aster, or sunflower family (Asteraceae), is among the largest flowering plant families, with more than ...

This project focuses on the biodiversity of the different terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems found along th...

A bioblitz is a communal citizen-science effort to record as many species within a designated location and ...

Explore Caspersen Beach and help Sarasota County locate and identify plants and animals that live in this u...

For this bioblitz, we will be seeing how many species we can document from our hike at Oscar Scherer Stat...

The official state tree of Florida since 1970, the cabbage palm, or sabal palm, (Sabal palmetto) is easy to...

Welcome to Sarasota and Manatee Counties joining the world wide City Nature Challenge for 2023! This page i...

Welcome to S/M Counties joining the world wide City Nature Challenge! This page is for those uploading obse...

Discover and document marine species in Sarasota Bay.

For this month’s EcoQuest, Digging Deeper, we are exploring the connection between Florida’s indigenous peo...

You might be stuck at home but that doesn’t mean you’re stuck inside. There is no better time to explore th...

Epiphytes on campus

The Sarasota Manatee EcoFlora Project is kicking off the 2022 New Year with our next EcoQuest, Finding Fern...

“FISC-ally Responsible Flora” - September & October Sarasota Manatee EcoFlora Ecoquest Hello EcoFl...

Guide to species of fish found within Sarasota County, Florida.

to create a visual display of the flora and fauna of Oscar Scherer State Park.

Observations of all plants and animals found at Red Bug Slough Preserve, Sarasota County, FL

This project is a pilot for citizen science efforts to document the natural heritage of locations with reco...

This project focuses on the botanical diversity of the New College of Florida Campus. Participants are stud...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's EcoQuest challenge for July is Flora UnderFoot, looking into the small plants p...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's EcoQuest challenge for September 2020 will be based on the popular local public...

The collection assembles and provides all observations for all lizards of Genus Anolis throughout peninsula...

The collection lists all observations for non-venomous watersnakes of Genus Nerodia throughout peninsular F...

Fungus only... of Research Grade in 18 South Florida Counties: Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Glades...

Inspired by the glass show currently on display at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, In Dialogue with Natu...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's November EcoQuest is Go Fig or Go Home! One of the most tropical sights that Fl...

The theme for our July-August EcoQuest is Convolvulaceae, otherwise known as the morning glory family! This...

Heartland CISMA EDRR and Watch Lists Project - DRAFT This project will pull data related to the proposed E...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's December EcoQuest is Home for the HollyDays! Holly trees are attractive native...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's EcoQuest challenge for June 2020 will be INTO THE NIGHT! Inspired by Selby Gard...

This month at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens we are opening We Dream a World: African American Landscape P...

Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionism, an avid painter documenting many people, places, the pa...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's EcoQuest challenge for August 2020 will be Living on the Edge, focusing on fres...

It's February and that means love is in the air, or more accurately for our Sarasota-Manatee February Ecoqu...

This month's Sarasota Manatee EcoFlora Ecoquest will cover the order of plants Magnoliales and last from Ma...

mangos on campus

The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is an easily recognizable and beloved butterfly species in North A...

Most of us are familiar with the sight and taste of cabbage, broccoli, kale, radishes, turnips, and mustard...

Photos and locations of edible species on campus!

Welcome to October's or better said Oaktober's monthly Sarasota Manatee Ecoquest, the Oakey Poakey! This ch...

In a nod to the Roy Lichtenstein exhibit at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Downtown Campus, April’s EcoQuest...

Help discover as many species as possible on our campus. Each group must find at least 5 different species...

Get ready for April 24-27, and join us on our first ever, Sarasota & Manatee City Nature Challenge in 2...

Selby Gardens invites you to join our effort to document the diversity and distribution of plants of SARASO...

Sarasota High School students will be participating in their first Bioblitz on campus!

Native species of Southwest Florida.

For our November and December EcoQuests we are reintroducing the Tilly Tally, an EcoQuest that took place ...

Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora's EcoQuest challenge for May 2020 is the Tilly Tally! Test your skills at finding...

Used to monitor utriculata observations over time.