Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) is a large deciduous tree (50 - 70' tall) that grows in the mesic hammock at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). You will encounter a large specimen at north ORCA at the beginning of the trail…
Coinvine (Dalbergia ecastaphyllum) is a very aggressive woody native vine. Its common name refers to its nickel-sized seed pods. Each one contains a single seed ... Coinvine grows on the landward edges of mangrove swamps and on sand dunes. It…
Florida pellitory (Parietaria floridana), a cool season annual, now carpets some of the disturbed areas in the mesic hammock at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Florida pellitory long has been present at ORCA but never to this extent. Though…
Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) shared this photograph of a great southern white butterfly (Ascia monuste) that she took at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR). We also saw this butterfly on our field trip to the Winter Beach Salt…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 