Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Thanks to Rick Battle for sharing these beautiful photos from a walk at Captain Forster Hammock Preserve on August 30, 2020. This 110-acre property reaches from Jungle Trail to the Atlantic Ocean. A parking lot and bathrooms are located on…
As I left a local business, I was startled by this stunning display of arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum) growing up a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto). Also called American evergreen, this vigorous vine that hails from South American is usually found…
The snowberry (Chiococca alba) at Treasure Shores Park was covered in flower buds when we visited on 8-15-2020. Both its genus and species names refer to its snow-white berries. The genus name, Chiococca, comes from the Greek words, chion, which…
You can purchase Paraguayan purslane (Portulaca amilis) and multi-colored cultivars of this succulent groundcover at almost any garden center. This weedy tropical immigrant from South American is shown above "volunteering" at Treasure Shores Park in 2017. Its range in the…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 