Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Ken Gonyo (Class of 2012) sent this picture of a tiny, easily overlooked orchid growing in the upland set aside area along Olso Road at the Audubon House -- and identified it as lawn orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica). Also known as…
On the mosquito control dike at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area is an educational kiosk that also provides a bit of shade. It was the victim of vandalism and not-so-nice graffiti. Indian River Mosquito Control District rebuilt the kiosk, and…
Giant leather fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium) is said to be the largest fern in North America. Diane Larue (Class of 2012) provides scale to a new, soft and succulent frond at a wetland crossover bridge at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.…
Very variable shaped leaves characterize white indigo berry (Randia acuelata). Often, it is found growing landward of the mangroves on mosquito control dikes, as pictured above, just a bit north of where the wetland crossover bridge meets the dike at…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 