Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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…
Devil’s potato (Echites umbellatus) is a relatively rare woody vine of beach strand and, further south, pine rocklands. It grows only on the southeast coast of Florida and only as far north as Brevard County. Seeing it in flower at…
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2017, until recently, has been very dry in Florida with more than 65% of the state experiencing drought conditions. The Throwback Thursday photo above was taken in February of 2009 from the top of the ORCA Observation Tower, not recently…
Devil's potato (Echites umbellatus), a.k.a rubbervine, is an uncommon plant of the coastal strand in Indian River River County and is shown above at Treasure Shores Park on a 6/3/2017 field trip surrounded by the leaves of beach dune sunflower…
