Conservation Collier

What’s blooming along the Gordon River Greenway? Take a moment to notice the wildflowers and native plants blooming along the paved path and hiking trails.
Some flowers may be small, but they’re full of color and detail 💐

🌸Pictured:
Green Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
Marsh Fleabane (Pluchea odorata)
Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco)
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago mexicana)
Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)
Narrowleaf Goldentop (Flaveria linearis)

It's National Pollinator Week! When you think of pollinators, you probably picture butterflies and bees - but there's a much greater diversity at work, especially here in Southwest Florida. Pollinators include beetles, ants, wasps, flies, dozens of native bee species, more than 700 butterfly and moth species and even nectar-feeding birds and bats! 🦇 Every time you see a new bloom along the trails, you're witnessing the work of a pollinator!

Check out some of the pollinators pictured at your Conservation Collier Preserves:
🐝 Sweat bee
🐛 Ornate Bella Moth
🌙Phaon Crescent Butterfly
🍃Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
🦋Long-tailed Skipper
🐝American Bumblebee