Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Named for its fruits that are most profuse during the Christmas season is this native salt marsh succulent -- Christmas berry (Lycium caroninanum). Its fruits resemble tiny, smaller than dime-sized tomatoes, and, indeed, this plant is a member of…
Pelican Island Audubon Society President Dr. Richard Baker led a nature walk at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on Sunday, November 16. In flower were some fabulous freshwater plants, including climbing aster (Symphyotrichum carolinanum) pictured above and swamp lily (Crinum…
Dr. Jay Barnhart, a self-described mycophile, gave a marvelous, updated What Fungus is Among Us? talk on Saturday, November 15, in the Boathouse of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory followed by a mushroom-seeking walk. We did not find any mushrooms.…
Volunteers Ken Gonyo & Jean 'JJ' Romano have sighted an eagle flying around the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Hopefully, the eagles will nest again on the south side of Oslo Road, as they have in the past -- but not…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 