Scientists have concluded that two of Florida’s reef-building corals are in functional extinct, theyre too rare to keep the reef working. Across survey sites, between 97.8 and 100% of #elkhorn and #staghorn colonies in the Keys were gone after the 2023 marine heat wave. www.earth.com/news/scienti...

Scientists declare elkhorn and...

when a friend with a massive #staghorn in their garden saw my delight they ripped off a tiny bebe from that garden wall and I mounted it last week on a piece of driftwood... I think it has caught on 🥲

Heat Has Essentially Wiped Out 2 Key #Coral Species on #Florida #Reefs
#Elkhorn and #staghorn coral are now functionally #extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem. A record-breaking marine #heatwave that hit Florida in #2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/climate/coral-bleaching-florida-staghorn-elkorn.html
https://archive.ph/pdYYS

Why #hurricane #flooding is about to get even more dangerous in Florida
#Florida’s #coralreefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those reefs could imperil thousands of lives.
The #2023 marine #heatwave caused two important #coral species—#staghorn and #elkhorn—to go “functionally extinct” in Florida’s reef, according to a new study that includes the survey data Lesneski gathered that summer.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/florida-coral-reef-functionally-extinct-storm-surge

‘Stag horn’

Limited edition

Part of the Untamed exhibition.

A stag horn clings to a tree in the rainforest in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain wilderness region.

Available for sale on the website. Link in bio

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#staghorn #staghornfern #staghorns #cradlemountain #cradlemountainnationalpark #rainforest #forest #hobartandbeyond #tasmania #tasmaniagram #discovertasmania #nature #wilderness #wildernessculture #wildthings

There's no doubt about it: it's fall (staghorn sumac - Rhus typhina - as it seems)
(October 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Sträucher, #shrubs, #Essigbaum, #staghorn sumac, #Herbst, #autumn

#autumn #tree #leaves #staghorn #rhus #nature #naturePhotography #iPhonePhotography #iPhone15ProMax #NoFilter

I have this #staghorn #sumac that I really like the look of. I'd love to have a big one out on the lawn but it's not native to where I live so I have it in a pot. Not that it makes a huge difference since quite a few people around here have it in their yards, you can even see it in the wild. Though I'm happy to see that some of the #bees and #bumblebees seem to like the #flowers.