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• Long shadow season

  Late afternoon in November
  along Tamiami Trail
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• False sightings

  Is this bare-branched cypress ...
  
  More evidence that it's fall in the swamp?
  
  
  Actually, this particular cypress is dead.
  
  (Possibly from a fire or lightning strike.)
  
  [...]
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• Fall sightings

  Fall is peak
  swamp buggy season
  in the swamp
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• Rebel plant

  The swamp's pattern of plants ...
  
  Closely reflects the hydrologic lay of the land.
  
  
  Except in this case. [...]
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• Why is this slash pine sagging?

  Answer: It somehow took root
  in a deep water dome
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• Water cycle repeat?

  Here's video from last fall ...
  
  That works out well for this year, too.
  
  
  Both years ended the wet season on a rainy note. [...]
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• No pollution zone

  Help keep your
  park lands clean
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• More signs of fall

  In addition to environmental clues,
  
  I'm also seeing strong fall signals in the data.
  
  Above: Air Temperature Graph
  
  Naples Florida is the yellow line.
  
  No, it's not as cold as the continent,
  but can you see how south peninsula's
  temperatures have recently dropped?
  Above: [...]
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• Rain chart for Miami Heat fans

  This rain chart shows annual rainfall for Coastal Miami-Dade County, as tabulated from May 1st through April 30th, from 1970 to present.  Why not use the traditional calendar year instead?  That's because May 1st is a convenient break-point for splitting the year into equal six-month long wet and dry [...]
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• Signs of fall in the swamp

  Signs of fall in the swamp are subtle,
  
  But they are there if you know where to look.
  
  Bare-branched dwarf cypress,
  with needles still hanging on (for now)
  in the deeper water domes ...
  
  indicate shorter sunlight hours.
  Rain-starved resurrection fern
  in a fully flooded pond apple [...]
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