Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Usually, common beggarticks (Bidens alba) is abundant -- along roadsides, mosquito control dikes, and in other disturbed places. Not so much this year, though. Perhaps, the lack of rainfall this year explains its relative absence. Common beggarticks are an annual…
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Resurrection fern (Pleopeltis michauxiana), like all ferns, reproduces via wind-borne spores - not seeds. The "warty" spots that you see on the resurrection fern pictured above are made by the spore cases (sporangia) on the underside of the fronds. The…
Drought is a difficult term to define, but we all know it when we see it. Pictured above is the mosquito control impoundment once overlooked by the tall Observation Tower at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area in February of 2009.…
When we visited the Coastal Oaks Preserve on 2/26/22, we saw lots of tasselflower (Emilia fosbergii). Also called Cupid's shaving brush, tasselflower has tiny bell-shaped reddish or pinkish flowers that are visited by bees and butterflies. Wind is thought to…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 