Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Between the wetland crossover bridges at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, white stopper (Eugenia axillaris) now flourishes. Its common name refers to its white trunks pictured above. Stopper purportedly refers to its medicinal use to stop diarrhea or, perhaps, to…
Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) can make a stunning addition to your home landscape and is pictured here in the yard of Roger and Martha Willoughby (Inaugural class) in mid-Septemeber. A member of the Verbenaceae (verbena) family, beautyberry has fabulous, long-lasting fruits,…
White beautyberry (Callicarpa americana var. lactea) was in full fruit and leafless at Bok Tower when Bob Montanaro and I visited there on Sunday, 12/21/2014. The white variety is far less common than the usual magenta-berried bushes that are now…
Jean 'JJ' Romano sent me this photograph of a mushroom that she, Diane LaRue and Susan Warmer spotted on 12/10/14, one of their weekly Wednesday workdays at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Dr. Jay Barnhart, who has given his What…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 