Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The lichens were looking lovely when we visited south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (SORCA) to check out the epiphytic Florida butterfly orchids (Encylia tampensis) on June 27, 2020. Lichens do not harm the plant (or other surface) on which they…
Piedmont blacksenna (Seymeria pectinata) has "returned" to the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (SORCA). 2017 is when this partially parasitic plant proved prolific at the trail entrance in response to trail widening. A few weak individuals were present the following…
Shiny blueberry (Vaccinium myrsinites) grows in sunny spots along the trails at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Its tiny fruits, shown above, are enjoyed by birds and other wildlife. This low growing evergreen shrub with small alternate leaves flowers,…
Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) can be big and bushy, as seen above at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area) on an orchid stroll on Saturday, June 27, 2020, or quite prostrate as shown below at Archbold Biological Research Station. Look…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 