I visited the preserve today to see if there was any progress on this year's McFarlin's Lupine seedling season.
There was not. Two more in the second planting area and no more in the first planting area and only two more in the second planting area. There were none in the third planting area and the lone mature plant had a gray branch, making we wonder whether it will survive in time to bloom.
The bloom times have varied so I will just have to monitor. The issue through is that even if it blooms, it is growing in an overgrown area that is not optimal for seedling dispersal and emergence.
I have no control over that; it is up to FWC land managers to fix.
On the way out I checked the area where I usually find Clitoria fragrans and found none. Not sure what that means.
I also collected a few pounds of broken glass and other debris.
