Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
2016 was the wettest year at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) since the preserve was purchased in 1991. During the seasonal fall high tides, the trail usually floods near the coastal wetlands -- but not at the junction of…
Herb-of-grace (Bacopa monnieri) is a sprawling succulent herb of wet places -- both fresh and brackish -- that comes and goes in different places at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA), depending upon rainfall. The photo above shows herb-of-grace growing…
Since the start of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) Volunteer Nature Stewardship class in the Fall of 1998, Dr. George O'Meara, FMEL faculty member then and now Professor Emeritus, has enchanted everyone with his Life in the Pits and…
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Little hogweed (Portulaca oleracea) usually is regarded as a weed here in the United Sates, but this widespread, naturalized succulent of temperate and tropical places is cultivated elsewhere. Its species name, oleracea, means edible vegetable. Other common names include green…
