Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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…
Royal fern (Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis) grows at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) in moist spots at the western end of preserve on the north side of Oslo Road and on the south side of Oslo Road. We also…
Water hickory, swamp hickory, and bitter pecan are all common names for Carya aquatica, a large, deciduous tree of floodplain forests. It ranges from southern central Florida to the eastern Carolinas and westward to eastern Texas. We saw this tree…
Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) is a common native bunchgrass of moist or somewhat moist sunny places. Also known as broom sedge (a definite misnomer) and bushy beardgrass, this somewhat weedy grass often goes unnoticed until late summer when it is…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 