Tag: Vines

Always Aiming High: Muscadine Grapevines

The climb to the top, metaphorical or otherwise, is one of the fundamental drives of life. The return of warm weather sees this drive kick into high gear for many of the more commonly visible species in the panhandle.  Only the hardiest with an obsessive focus on reaching the pinnacle and the infinite patience to…Read more

Invasion of the Vines: Kudzu and Old World Climbing Fern

Tarzan used them as a superhighway through the trees in every adventure created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.  Villains and scoundrels alike fell prey to the ape-man and his horde of avenging simians righteously descending on vines from the trees. Great fiction, but removed from the reality of present day north Florida.  This is especially true…Read more