Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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.…
Near the entryway to (Pelican Island) Audubon House, this band-winged dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) posed for Bob Montanaro, Pelican Island Audubon Society Office Manager. It is a female or a young male according to the Xerces Society Field Guide to Migratory…
Winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum) was one of the first plants to bloom in the wildflower garden planted at the (Pelican Island) Audubon House as part of the wildflower workshop on 3-14-15 presented by the Eugenia Chapter of the…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 