Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Split Oak Forest near Orlando is on the chopping block to have a toll road built through the middle of it due to some sleaze bag developers that need a way to shuttle human cattle between the depressing cul-de-sac community they built and the airport. As a result, the entirety of this remaining crumb of habitat could one day be partially demolished despite being in a conservation easement.
in this habitat we explore some of the sand scrub communities and talk about the fire dependency (and fire-adapted nature) of many of these plants, including Gordonia lasianthus (Green Tra Family, Theaceae), Lyonia lucida (Blueberry Family - Ericaceae), Gaylussacia nana, Quercus geminata, Serenoa repens, Carphephorus odoratissimus (aka Vanilla Leaf), and more.
Your contributions support this content. It sounds cliché but it's true. Whether it's travel expenses, vehicle repair, or medical costs for urushiol poisoning (or rockfalls, bee-stings, hand slices, toxic sap, etc), your financial support allows this content to continue so the beauty of Earth's flora can be made accessible to the public, accompanied by a small dose of profanity and crude humor. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD is willing to do whatever it takes to document these plant species and the ecological communities they are a part of before they're gone for good.
Plants make people feel good. Plants quell homicidal (and suicidal!) thoughts. To support Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, consider donating a few bucks to the venmo account "societyishell" or the PayPal account email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com...
Or consider becoming a patreon supporter @ :
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Buy some CPBBD merch (shirts, hats, hoodies n' what the shit) available for sale at :
bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt
To purchase stickers, venmo 16 bucks to "societyishell" and leave your address in the comments.
Plants ID questions or reading list suggestions can be sent to crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com
Thanks, GFY.
Split Oak Forest near Orlando is on the chopping block to have a toll road built through the middle of it due to some sleaze bag developers that need a way to shuttle human cattle between the depressing cul-de-sac community they built and the airport. As a result, the entirety of this remaining crumb of habitat could one day be partially demolished despite being in a conservation easement.
in this habitat we explore some of the sand scrub communities and talk about the fire dependency (and fire-adapted nature) of many of these plants, including Gordonia lasianthus (Green Tra Family, Theaceae), Lyonia lucida (Blueberry Family - Ericaceae), Gaylussacia nana, Quercus geminata, Serenoa repens, Carphephorus odoratissimus (aka Vanilla Leaf), and more.
Your contributions support this content. It sounds cliché but it's true. Whether it's travel expenses, vehicle repair, or medical costs for urushiol poisoning (or rockfalls, bee-stings, hand slices, toxic sap, etc), your financial support allows this content to continue so the beauty of Earth's flora can be made accessible to the public, accompanied by a small dose of profanity and crude humor. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD is willing to do whatever it takes to document these plant species and the ecological communities they are a part of before they're gone for good.
Plants make people feel good. Plants quell homicidal (and suicidal!) thoughts. To support Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, consider donating a few bucks to the venmo account "societyishell" or the PayPal account email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com...
Or consider becoming a patreon supporter @ :
patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt
Buy some CPBBD merch (shirts, hats, hoodies n' what the shit) available for sale at :
bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt
To purchase stickers, venmo 16 bucks to "societyishell" and leave your address in the comments.
Plants ID questions or reading list suggestions can be sent to crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com
Thanks, GFY.
