Poachers pilfer saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) berries from natural areas in the fall. Berries begin to ripen in August. Evidence of such theft in 2014 at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area is shown above. One saw palmetto can produce…
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Weeds of Wednesday: Common dayflower
Terry Greene (Class of 2019) asked about this tiny blue-flowered plant that we saw at Treasure Shores Park growing amid beach dune sunflower (Helianthus debilis). It is a dayflower, most likely common dayflower (Commelina communis). Each flower lasts only a…
Partridge, Quail or Bee Pea?
Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) is full of flowers along Oslo Road, at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, at Treasure Shores Park (where the pictures above was taken), and throughout Indian River County mostly in sunny, dry places. Supposedly, European explorers…
Salty Solution?
Mackenzie Bell, a graduate student at the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, hoped to find a salty solution to control Brazilian pepper, (Schinus terebinthifolia), a pervasive and pernicious exotic pest plant that infests hundreds of thousands…
