Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
On the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area near the kiosk grows tarflower (Bejaria racemosa). When not in flower, this shrub of scrub and pine flatwoods is easy to overlook. Its spring-summer flowers, however, are quite striking and are held in…
When we took a walk on the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area property after working with the Boy Scouts (see prior post), we were rewarded with this beautiful spring-summer scrub wildflower. Florida scrub roseling is its common name. Its botanical…
Sam Keiffer, pictured above, began his Eagle Scout project at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on Saturday, 6/7. The Boy Scouts re-painted the educational kiosk and will be installing new interpretive information & new plexiglas ... Tools and treats…
Tara McTaggart (Class of 2012) recently texted me about a plant, which she had correctly identified as wild balsam apple (Momordica charantia) and is pictured above. This plant also is known as "stink vine". Invariably, in removal attempts, the alternate,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 