This blog is dedicated to the environmental well-being of our Florida coastal habitat.

This blog is
dedicated to the environmental well-being of coastal habitat.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wild Cotton


  Wild cotton is related to commercial cotton,  The USDA attempted to wipe this plant out in Florida in the early 1900s due to the fact that it is a potential host to the boll weevil.  This specimen was growing  at the Orman House State Historical Park in
 Apalachicola.