Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Female flowers - with showy, silky white hairs - abound on female saltbushes (Baccharis halminifolia). Saltbush, also know as sea myrtle or groundsel tree, is dioecious: Female & male flowers occur on different plants. Flowering on saltbush is a sure…
Volunteer Jean 'JJ' Romano asked for the name of this white flowered vining plant that she encountered near the second wetland crossover bridge when she was working to control invasive plants on Wednesday. The common name of the vine is…
Some volunteers have dubbed this smelly vine, pumpkin vine, based on its orange, warty fruits. Wild balsam apple (Momordica charantia) is another name for this weedy exotic invasive pest plant. Inside this orange fruit are small, jagged seeds covered in…
Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada), an invasive pest plant, was discovered growing on the edge of a mosquito control dike at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its large, somewhat waxy leaves are yellow-green. Fast-growing, this one plant was more than six…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 