Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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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On our first post-Irma walk at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on 10/8/2017, Judith Fillipich (Class of 2016) pointed out the sea bean pictured above. Yes, it is a coconut. Only 1% of all seeds float, and they are called…
Piles and piles of mangrove propagules are mounded up on the mosquito control dikes at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) and elsewhere. Propagules are the "live young" of mangroves. They are not seeds because they are not dormant. They…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 