Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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…
Shining sumac (Rhus copallinum) at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area is flourishing after last winter's roller-chopping. Above, it is pictured in the firebreak that runs along the north side of the DOT ditch that bisects the property. This non-poinsonous…
12/23/2014: Diane LaRue sent this photo of a gorgeous gopher tortoise that she and Susan Warmer saw on their regular invasive plant control Wednesday workdays, near the 'quarry' area, a depression near to Vero South Square Shopping Plaza where fill…
Sand pines (Pinus clausa) are monooecious: Male and female flowers are on the same plant. Flowers begin to form in early summer but do not become visible until autumn. Male flowers - staminate stobili -- of the sand pines at…
