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…
The 2024 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) - Environmental Learning Center (ELC) Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class enjoyed a stroll on the ELC led by Marc Spiess, the ELC Campus Manager. On that walk he pointed out a beard lichen (Usnea…
Red maple (Acer rubrum) is a well-known large tree of moist places throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada with distinctive 3 or 5-lobed leaves. Even in Florida, this deciduous tree brings red and yellow fall color. A substantial specimen grows…
Tall cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) form a canopy along the St. Sebastian River at the South Prong Slough where we visited on 5/15/2022. Long ago these palms shed their boots (bases of old leafstems), as all cabbage palms do as…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 