City of Punta Gorda Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2020-2021, 12 Oct 2020

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From YouTube: Nature Park (PRMP #10)

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The PRMP 10th Video Update is here! Watch the video to learn more about Punta Gorda’s Nature Park. For more information, please visit http://www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/i-want-to-/view/park-recreation-master-plan.

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Hello city of puna gorda- this is puna gorda's place to play and welcome to the 10th video update, as staff continues to work on the parks and recreation master plan. We wanted to start highlighting some of our city parks by talking about environmental and historical information, so that we can showcase our city's hidden gems.

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Today we wanted to take you to nature park. Nature park is located in the center of puna gorda isles, which is the largest residential community in the city. The site, hosts, preserved, managed and enhanced areas for a variety of educational programs and outdoor activities.

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Outdoor activities may include walking bird watching photography, environmental education and wildlife observation nature park has a mile of trails where you can see naturally occurring wetlands, uplands, vegetation and wildlife, typical of pre-subdivided ponegorda.

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The park is both bicycle-friendly and pedestrian-friendly, as it connects to our city's pathways.

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Most nature, centers and wildlife preserves in southwest florida are only accessible by car or boat, while nature park is easily accessible and within close proximity to residential areas and commercial establishments. Volunteer opportunities are also available. Thanks to the pgi green thumbs, you can grow your knowledge on landscaping on friday mornings, by helping plant weed and prune existing trees and newly planted gardens.

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There is so much to learn at nature park as it includes a palmetto forest and a salt high marsh habitat.

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Unlike our mangrove dominated coastline, nature park has a full spectrum of tidal wetland habitats that includes a salt marsh, which is a coastal ecosystem that is dominated by various grass species where open salt, water or brackish water regularly floods. The area nature park also provides a small pine flatwood, where you can find saw palmetto and cabbage palm among other kinds of flora.

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Right behind me is a sable, palmetto or better known as the cabbage palm, also known as florida state tree, and although it is florida state tree, it is more closely related to grasses, so it technically isn't a tree.

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Although there are no mountains in florida, elevations do change. Pine flatwoods are usually higher in an elevation than its surrounding ecosystems, which is why you might see some sand residue being left behind as water is trickling down.

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Nature park has educational signs all over and we hope that you learn something new on your next walk. That is all for this video. Let us know what park you'd like for us to cover next and as always, stay tuned for, what's to come at puna gorda's place to.

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