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Pinecrest Gardens

Botanical garden in Pinecrest, Miami

Historic tropical hammock and cypress slough filled with mature palms, banyans, and dry succulent beds.

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Seen here this month

Plants seen within 2 km in the last 30 days, from research-grade iNaturalist observations; each photo is credited to its observer.

Marlberry, photographed near here
Marlberry Ardisia escallonioidesPhoto (c) Ben Machado, CC BY, iNaturalist
Horseweed, photographed near here
Horseweed Erigeron canadensisPhoto (c) Ben Machado, CC BY, iNaturalist
Trailing Daisy, photographed near here
Trailing Daisy Sphagneticola trilobataPhoto (c) Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, CC BY, iNaturalist
Air potato, photographed near here
Air potato Dioscorea bulbiferaPhoto (c) Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, CC BY, iNaturalist
Shoebutton Ardisia, photographed near here
Shoebutton Ardisia Ardisia ellipticaPhoto (c) Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, CC BY, iNaturalist
Herb-of-Grace, photographed near here
Herb-of-Grace Bacopa monnieriPhoto (c) Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, CC BY, iNaturalist

What to see

  • The Bald Cypress Slough, where knees and old-growth bald cypresses line an ancient freshwater creek channel.
  • The Lower Gardens, a sheltered wetland habitat featuring lipstick palms, swamp taro, and towering traveler's trees.
  • The Dry Gardens, an elevated xeriscape planted with cacti, cycads, and succulents adapted to seasonal rainfall.
  • The central banyan tree, an expansive specimen planted more than 70 years ago.
  • Unusual specimen trees, including sausage trees by the Meadow and fruiting calabash trees.

Plants you can see here

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Sources

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Nearby plant places

  1. Montgomery Botanical Center

    Botanical garden · Coral Gables0.6 mi

    A 120-acre living scientific collection devoted to wild-origin palms, cycads, and champion trees.

  2. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

    Botanical garden · Coral Gables0.9 mi

    An 83-acre tropical botanical garden with major collections of palms, cycads, orchids, and native habitats. Blooming now: Marlberry, Horseweed, Trailing Daisy

  3. R Hardy Matheson County Preserve

    Hammock and preserve · Coral Gables1.0 mi

    Over 800 acres of protected tropical hardwood hammock, pine rockland, and coastal mangrove forest. Blooming now: Horseweed, Trailing Daisy, Air potato

  4. Banyan Drive Park

    City park · Coral Gables1.3 mi

    Blooming now: Marlberry, Horseweed, Trailing Daisy

  5. Matheson Hammock Park

    Hammock and preserve · Coral Gables1.4 mi

    A coastal county preserve featuring dense tropical hardwood hammock, mangroves, and native flora. Blooming now: Horseweed, Trailing Daisy, Air potato

  6. Chapman Field

    Botanical garden · Coral Gables2.0 mi

    A historic USDA germplasm station conserving tropical fruit trees, sugarcane, palms, and rare crops.

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