Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Another native plant with seeds that float for long distances is tallow wood (Ximena americana). You will find this plant growing in sandy places - both beach and scrub. Inside the delicious, fragrant fruit is a seabean, a seed that…
Seabean season is upon us. Seabeans, a.k.a, drift seeds, are seeds that float and are transported by river and ocean currents. Only 1% of all seeds have this floating ability. You can find seabeans throughout the year, but high seas…
Plants often defy their "textbook" descriptions. Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is no exception. Its species name repens means reclining. The UF/IFAS publication on saw palmetto states "this slow-growing, small palm only reaches 3 to 6 feet in height." Outliers are…
Silver blue saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is prized by palm collectors in other parts of the world. Saw palmetto is endemic to the southeastern U.S. (Louisiana to North Carolina) and routinely removed during land clearing prior to development. Below you…
