Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Dixie iris is one common name for Iris hexagona, an iris of southern wetlands shown above in a photograph taken in north Florida sent by Carol Thomas from the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. This iris sometimes is used in littoral…
The tarflower (Bejaria racemosa) has flowered gloriously at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area this year. Steve Goff (Class of 2006), Pelican Island Audubon Society treasurer, provides scale in the picture above taken on 6/15/2014. Tarflower also was abundant at…
Bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, and other insects are all important pollinators. We are in the midst of pollinator week -- June 16 through June 22, 2014, so bee nice to our pollinators ... Minimize (or void) the use of…
Orchid island is the given name of the barrier island in Indian River County, and, if you closely examine the road signs that herald its name, you will see a depiction of butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis). The picture above was…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 