Here are some shots I took while on vacation back in early January. I spent a week or so in the everglades taking a field class and then stopped a few places on my way back north. I appologize in advance for anyone who has a dial up connection as the file size is quite large. I too have dial up; you have no clue how long it took me to upload these to photobucket! (then again, if you have dial up, you do!) Anyway, enjoy!

A strangler fig that has completely engulfed a cabbage palm at Flamingo on Florida Bay:

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The butresses on a pond apple in Fakahatchee swamp in Florida:

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The butresses on a bald cypress from the same swamp in Florida. What a devilishly good looking guy . . . . !

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A southern magnolia in Anderson, SC:

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Another view of the same southern magnolia:

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A large deodar cedar in Anderson, SC:

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A mountain laurel from the top of a peak in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The top of the peak was covered in these guys as well as pitch pine, table mountain pine, and virginia pine:

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And lastly, a close up of the bark on that same mountain laurel:

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