Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The fruit of tallow wood (Ximena americana) is a drupe. A drupe is a thin-skinned fleshy fruit with a central stone containing the seed. Examples includes plums, cherries, and olives. Other common names for tallow wood include yellow plum, hog…
Blowing Rocks Preserve is a The Nature Conservancy (TNC) property located in Martin County. Mike Renda, Restoration Coordinator (pictured above & now retired) led a walk for us on March 25, 2017 ... Participants included Deen Copeland (Class of 2016),…
Also commonly called basketgrass, woodsgrass (Oplismenus setarius) is a short-lived native perennial grass of moist, shady places. It grows in a number of locations at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) and looked especially lush after the ongoing afternoon rains…
When we visited the south side of Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (SORCA) on 6-#-2023 to look for orchids in the oak hammock, we also ventured (despite the rising heat) into the dry pine flatwoods where we enjoyed seeing some pretty…
