Hung Up on Snags

Hung Up on Snags

Submitted by The Coccoloba Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society   When The Coccoloba Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society began managing River Oaks Preserve in Estero, the tasks were mostly cleaning and cutting the overgrown forest. There were years of unchecked invasives, some of which strangled out the native trees. In addition to outcompeting natives, the invasive plants reproduce faster than the cottontail bunnies. So, as we fe…