Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Simpsons stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) fared fabulously during the February 2026 freeze. A look at the range map from the Florida Plant Atlas for this plant shows that it ranges as far north as Volusia County and has an inland distribution…
Cactus does grow in Florida - in sunny dry places. When we visited the Hallstrom House Farmstead on 2/8/2026, we saw eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia mesacantha) covered with cochineal scale (Dactylopius coccus). This cactus has bright yellow flowers that…
Another seed capable of ocean transport comes from yet another native member of the pea family (Fabaceae), coralbean (Erythrina herbacea). Also called Cherokee bean, this tropical tree grows throughout Indian River County including at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Captain…
You will find lots and lots of coinvine (Dalbergia ecastaphyllum).seeds on the beach. It is hard to tell if these seabeans have come from "local" Florida plants or have been carried from other places by tropical currents arising in the…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 