Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Danglepod (Sesbania herbacea) is a weedy, but native, annual legume that can swiftly grow to be +10' tall, especially where wet conditions prevail. Bigpod sestina, coffeeweed, tall indigo, peatree, and Colorado River hemp are among some of the common names…
Florida is home to 34 species of hypericums, yellow wildflowers with many stamens and 4 or 5 petals. Their confused and confusing common names often honor saints. St. Johns-wort (Hypericum perforatum) is widely sold as an herbal medicine to treat…
The first time that I saw shoebutton ardisia (Ardisia elliptica) was in the mid-1990's, when some Florida Department of Natural Resources biologists took me to a tributary of the St. Lucie River to identify a plentiful plant. It was shoebutton…
Elliott's milkpea (Galactia elliottii) sometimes fills up available trail space as seen above at the upland mitigation area at Indian River Club or clambers atop adjacent foliage without the help of tendrils. Also known as white milkpea, you will find…
