Butterflies love common beggarticks (Bidens alba), a native but weedy member of the aster family.
Buckeye Belle
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Lovely Lycium
With a second wet winter, the Christmas berry (Lycium carolinanum) on the mosquito control dike at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area is expanding its range. At a quick glance, it resembles saltwort (Batis maritima). Look more closely, and you will…
White indigo berry
White indigo berry (Randia aculeata) was full of fruit in the low-lying areas of the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on the 1/30/2016 volunteer nature stewardship walk. Like many tropical plants, this hammock native flowers and fruits throughout the entire year…
So soggy & boggy
Never have I seen the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area so waterlogged. Even the "high & dry" scrubby pine flatwoods were inundated. Indian River Mosquito Control District Director Doug Carlson, pictured below in the ORCA parking lot, led the walk to…
