Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Hard to believe that Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory will be offering the nineteenth volunteer nature stewardship class this year beginning on Saturday, January 24, 2015. Pictured above is the class of 2001 in one of my very favorite photos taken…
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…
