Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Pelican Island Audubon Society President Dr. Richard Baker led a nature walk at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on Sunday, November 16. In flower were some fabulous freshwater plants, including climbing aster (Symphyotrichum carolinanum) pictured above and swamp lily (Crinum…
A hiker in an Oregon forest wrote to the People's Pharmacy about the use of the juice of crushed bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) to ease the itch of ant and mosquito bites. The People's Pharmacy referenced the use…
Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) is regarded as one of the world's worst weeds. Its inflorescence is fluffy (plumose) as pictured above. We encountered this pernicious plant at the Cypress Bend Community Preserve this spring in flower. Volunteer Ken Gonyo took note…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 