Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Queensland umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla), once upon a time, seemed to be planted in every new local Florida landscape for the exotic, tropical appearance of its large, shiny palmately compound leaves. Most frequently, this easy-to-grow tree that reaches more 25'+…
Read More Weeds of Wednesday: Once There Was One in Every Yard
Pictured above is a large & happy group that visited Sebastian Inlet State Park on January 16, 2010. Our tour was led by long-time Park Ranger Terry O'Toole and volunteer Jay Barnhart, a retired Miami-Dade forensic pathologist and amateur mycologist…
Read More Throwback Thursday: Sebastian Inlet State Park 2010 Visit
The nightshade family, Solanacae, includes many economically important plants, some very invasive exotic pest plants, and some plants that are pretty weedy. American black nightshade (Solanum americanum) is an agricultural weed and likely native to Florida, though there is some…
Once upon a time, there was a potatotree (Solanum erianthum) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). It is gone now, likely the victim of overzealous trail widening. Potatotree is native to the southern U.S., the Caribbean, Central American, and…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 