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I had been meaning to come check this area out for a while now as there was a large brush fire here not too long ago. Coolest plant that I noticed was a good amount of Vernonia blodgettii in some areas. This area features wetland habitats and also some invasive Melaleuca
and Australian pine forest but overall has lots of good plant diversity. It is threatened by a highway known as the Kendall Parkway. I posted a video about it last year: https://youtu.be/zCTnIi3oCJI

News reports/videos about the brush fire from late March 2022:
https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida-forestry-service-brush-fire-in-west-miami-dade-off-sw-8th-st-and-137th-ave-80-contained/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/03/31/west-miami-dade-brush-fire-continues-to-burn/

All my observations from this day. Some show that fire obviously passed through and other areas seem to have been spared:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-05-24&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=table&user_id=joemdo

Project for observations taken within area threatened by highway: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/no-to-the-kendall-parkway