Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Red mulberry trees (Morus rubra) grow amongst the canopy of live oak trees (Quercus virginiana) at ORCA and are now full of fruit. The photo above, taken on May 15, shows unripe and ripening fruits. Its berries turn blue-black when…
Marylou Rethman (Class of 2009), Trish White (Class of 2002), Susan Boyd (Class of 2003) & Lee Day (Class of 2001 for her husband Joel) provide scale on 9-25-2009 at Captain Forster Preserve. This photo was taken adjacent to the…
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…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 