Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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…
Thigmonasty is the term for touch-induced movement in plants. Fourvalve mimosa (Mimosa quadrivalvis) is a thorny vine that grows in dry, scrubby areas at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. This diminutive but daunting vine flowers with small pink poofs about…
Sunshine mimosa (Mimosa strigilosa) - in the right spot - can serve as a substitute for lawn grass, as shown in this photo from Carol Thomas, a member of the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society who works…
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…
