Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Lots of plants in the olive family, Oleaceae, are commonly called "wild olives", which can cause confusion. "Regular" wild olive or Florida privet (Forestiera segregata) is a common plant on mosquito control dikes and in sunny spots at the Oslo…
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…
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Last year Atala (Eumaeus atala) butterflies laid eggs on potted coontie (Zamia integrifolia) plants near our front door in honor of Independence Day, as seen above. The eggs hatched, but the brightly colored tiny larvae (look closely) were the victims…
Piedmont blacksenna (Seymeria pectinata) now grows profusely along the xeric scrub trail at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) near the entrance on Oslo Road just to the east of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. This trail was bush-hogged…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 