Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Glenn Schussler (Class of 2015) brought 2 red maples (Acer rubrum) and a southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) to plant at Audubon House on the first volunteer planting day on 5-23-2015. Pictured above in a photo by Pelican Island Audubon Society…
The summer rains finally have started bringing with them hordes of mosquitoes and increased potential for the transmission of mosquito-borne disease. Click here to read Keep up Your Guard for West Nile Virus which features a video clip of Dr.…
Rouge plants (Rivina humilis) are flourishing in the shade in the pollinator plant bed next to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area volunteer office at the (Pelican Island) Audubon House. Planted on 5-23-2015, the rouge plant is both flowering and fruiting…
The Jamaica caper (Capparis jamaicensis) at Audubon House is fruiting. When open, the brown pods are quite spectacular, revealing red seeds and an orange-red lining. Plants in the pea family, Fabacaeae have seed pods that dehisce -- split -- longitudinally.…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 