Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
This southern black racer (Coluber constrictor priapus) was photographed sunning itself yesterday at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area by Ken Gonyo, when he, Diane LaRue, Jean 'JJ' Romano, and Susan Warmer were working to control invasive pest plants. This non-venemous…
Sales of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are expected to exceed $26 million in 2015. Those showy red 'petals' are really bracts, and even the flowers of the commercial poinsettia are tiny. The most common native "poinsettia" -- Euphorbia cyathophora -- is…
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…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 