Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The simpsons stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) in the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) parking lot is full of flowers -- even more flowers than when it bloomed in the spring. Tropical plants sometimes will bloom a second time, unlike temperate plants…
Growing in the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) parking lot amongst wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) and last's week's Wednesday "weed", beggarticks (Bidens alba), is what some folks call tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica). Other common names include scarlet milkweed, Mexican milkweed, bloodflower,…
Pearl McKenzie (Class of Fall 1998) above and Susan Boyd (Class of 2003) below look through a spotting scope at Bird's Impoundment at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) on Friday, 3-21-2008, after work walk. Thanks to wildlife photographer Bob…
At the entrance to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, now flourishes a big "bush" of beggarticks (Bidens alba). Yes, this plant is weedy and hitchhikes its way around via its 2-toothed seeds that give rise to its species name, Bidens: …
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Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 