Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder ... A weed sometimes is defined as a plant out of place. Members of the evening primrose family, Onagraceae, often are regarded as weeds by humans but beloved by bees and other…
Read More Weeds? of Wednesday: 2 Members of the Evening Primrose Family
Tarflower (Bejaria racemosa) is now blooming beautifully at ORCA on the south side of Oslo Road. A member of the heath family (Ericaceae), tarflower thrives in the acid soils of xeric scrub and scrubby pine flatwoods. Flycatcher is another common…
March 28, 2008 is when the photo above was taken. Sorely missed from this world are Maggy Taylor (Class of 2004) seated at the left and Joel Day (Class of 2005) standing toward the front. How swiftly comes change! Note…
Read More Throwback Thursday: At Captain Forster Hammock Preserve
Drymary, West Indian chickweed, tropical chickweed, and whitesnow are common names given to the ubiquitous weed, Drymaria cordata, pictured above. The genus name, Drymaria, is derived from the Greek word drymos meaning forest. The species name, cordata, means heart-shaped and…
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