Tropical Wet Forests / Southeastern Coastal Plain · Zones 9–11
Florida Peninsula
Subtropical to tropical: flatwoods, wetlands, springs and two coasts. Gardening runs October to May.
Pine flatwoods, hammocks, the Everglades, spring-fed rivers and thousands of lakes.
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Gardening
Reverse calendar: vegetables in the cool season, tropical fruit (mango, avocado, citrus, papaya) year-round, summer for cover crops and heat lovers.
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Largemouth bass, peacock bass and crappie; snook, tarpon, redfish, sea trout and permit inshore; grouper and mahi offshore.
About fishing guides →Foraging
Sea grapes, cocoplum, saw palmetto, feral citrus and mango, chanterelles and oyster mushrooms in summer.
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