Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
At the beginning of the (north) Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) trail grows a great grouping of lancewood trees (Damburneya coriacea). They have a very vertical growth habit and can grow to be from 20 - 45' tall and usually…
Simpson's stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) grows as an infrequent, small tropical tree at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Look in the handsome hammock areas on the both sides of Oslo Road to spot this native tree, which is characterized as…
Florida gopher tortoise day is April 10, 2020. Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are one of the oldest living species and have been around for more than 60 million years. They dig deep burrows for shelter that can be up to…
Pepperbark, toothache tree, tickle tongue, and prickly ash are among the many common names given to the deciduous temperate tree also called Hercules-club (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis). This native tree was planted at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) in 2001 as…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 