Vin Gemmetti (Class of 2019) had on his phone a photo of a vine that he wanted identified. It is one of the twelve species of greenbrier (or catbrier) found in Florida and is shown above in a photo taken…
Smitten with Smilax — or Not?
Category: Ansin Tract Conservation Area
Dog-gone Dogwood
On 4-6-2019 this group visited the Ansin Tract Conservation Area, a 29-acre property near the headwaters of the St. Sebastian River to check out the new trails and the wetland crossover bridge recently installed by Indian River County ... One…
Weeds of Wednesday: Twoleaf Nightshade
Twoleaf nightshade (Solanum diphyllum) produces lots and lots of fruits. Each dime-sized fruit ripens to be orange-yellow and contains lots of tiny, tan, flat, kidney-shaped seeds that can produce lots of seedlings ... The common name for this plant and…
Galls – Intimate Interactions
Galls are a long-evolved interaction between a plant and a gall-maker. The gall-maker could be an insect, mite, bacteria, fungus, virus or nematode. Gall-makers generally are "tied" to one species of plants or a genus of plants and tend to…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 