Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
People display diversity & so do plants in Nature (as opposed to intentional cultivation). Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared two photos that demonstrate this diversity. She took the picture above of the flower of a Faey's palafox (Palafoxia faeyi)…
The 2020 Volunteer Nature Stewardship class began on Saturday, January 18, 2020 and included a nature walk at south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Special thanks Mate, our walk mascot, the woodle pictured at the lower right. Special thanks to…
Ten years ago on January 16, 2010, we visited Sebastian Inlet State Park. Terry O'Toole, now retired, was our guide ... We visited the dunes where we saw perfumed spiderlily (Hymenocallis latifolia). This amaryllis-relative is quite versatile and also grows…
Read More Throwback Thursday: Sebastian Inlet State Park 2010
Our Florida state butterfly, the zebra longwing loves it, but lots of gardeners do not. It is common beggarticks (Bidens alba). Common names for this plant are about as common as this plant and include Spanish needles, butterfly needles, romerillo,…
