Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Now is the time when the sweet scent of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) perfumes the air. This usually low-growing palm (repens means reclining) grows throughout the entire state of Florida. It is endemic to southeastern U.S. from Louisiana to North…
You will find shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata) growing on the trunks of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) in moist and shady places. Look for it in many natural areas including the South Prong Slough, the Denton Tract, the St. Sebastian River Preserve, the…
Not sure why, but coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) bloomed late this year in many places. Perhaps, the cooler temperatures this winter are why. Sometimes, coralbean blooms peak much earlier in the winter. Take a ride now - the beginning of April…
Copperwood, West Indian birch, turpentine tree, and tourist tree are all common names given to gumbo limbo (Bursera simarouba). We saw gumbo limbo - almost leafless - full of fruit on our walk at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 