Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Another seed capable of ocean transport comes from yet another native member of the pea family (Fabaceae), coralbean (Erythrina herbacea). Also called Cherokee bean, this tropical tree grows throughout Indian River County including at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Captain…
You will find shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata) growing on the trunks of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) in moist and shady places. Look for it in many natural areas including the South Prong Slough, the Denton Tract, the St. Sebastian River Preserve, the…
The 2024 Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class took a stroll along the main trail at the Captain Forster Hammock Preserve on Jthe beautiful afternoon of January 28 from the parking lot on historic Jungle Trail to the coastal strand/Atlantic Ocean. The…
Jungle Trail Conservation Area was its original name. It's current name is Captain Forster Preserve. Captain Forster owned land that he farmed in the vicinity but not this property. The photo above was taken on 3-28-2008 in the midst of…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 