Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
A 5-8-2016 field trip led by Eva Irene-Ries took us to the Indrio Savannahs Preserve, a mosaic of wet, moist and dry. Three plants stood out ... Dahoon Holly Dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) picture above flourished in moist places. A small…
Sister storms -- Hurricane Frances (9-5-2004) and Hurricane Jeanne (9-26-2004) -- devastated the canopy at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, shown above and below at the beginning of 2005. Volunteers worked diligently to respond to the surge in vines and…
On Saturday, March 14, 2015, the Pelican Island Audubon Society (PIAS) and the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) co-sponsored a wildflower workshop at the (Pelican Island) Audubon House. Thanks to all participants, speakers, and to PIAS…
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On our visit to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) on 8-28-2016, we saw some floral signs of the end of summer ... Chalky bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus), pictured above with a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) in the background, was beginning…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 