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Weeds of Wednesday: Loment Lament

by exploreorcaFebruary 3, 2021

Loment is botanical term for a string of seeds that separate on some species of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Most folks are not fond of loments, but they are a very effective dispersal mechanism. At the Oslo Riverfront…

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Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Weed, Weeds of Wednesday Desmodium incanum, Fabaceae

Bees Love Bidens

by exploreorcaJanuary 25, 2021

European honeybees (Apis mellifera), native bees, and other pollinators love common begarticks (Bidens alba). This native but weedy annual wildflower grows throughout the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) in sunny disturbed spots. A member of the daisy family, Asteraceae, common…

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Florida Wildflower, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Wildflower Bidens alba, common beggarticks, Spanish needle

Myrsine: Flowers & Fruits

by exploreorcaJanuary 13, 2021January 24, 2021

The myrsine trees near the coastal wetlands at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) were full of flowers and fruits when a small group of volunteers from the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory Volunteer Nature Stewardship program took a walk there…

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Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Tree, Wildlife plant myrsine, myrsine cubana

Lovely Lichen

by exploreorcaJanuary 7, 2021

At a quick glance it looks like a white paint ball blotch, but it is not. With its white brightness, wreath lichen (Cryptothecia striata) stands out on the trunks of lancewood (Nectandra coriacea) on the east-west trail that leads away…

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lichen, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area Cryptothecia striata, lancewood, Nectandra coriacea, wreath lichen

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