De Soto National Memorial has an abundance of beautiful trees and flowers.
De Soto National Memorial is comprised of approximately 26 acres in Manatee County on the west coast of central Florida. Situated on a spit of land at the mouth of the Manatee River at its confluence with Tampa Bay, the park has over 3000 feet of shoreline. Roughly 80% of the park is mangrove swamp with the remainder consisting of pine flatlands and mixed hardwoods, remnant shell ridges, and deposited dredge material from the adjacent Manatee River.
Did You Know?
Gumbo Limbo trees like this one at De Soto National Memorial in Bradenton, Florida, are called tourist trees because they stand in the sun, turn red, and peel.
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