Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Dr George Rogers, retired chair of the Palm Beach State College Department of Botany, led a special botany walk at Captain Forster Preserve on Saturday, 12/11/2021. His field observations always are astute, and he shared his thoughts about shoestring fern…
Rick Battle who participated in the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society walk 1-4-2019 at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) sent two tupendous photos of southern needleleaf (Tillandsia setacea). Note the redness of just one individual…
Whisk fern (Psilotum nudum) is on infrequently found growing at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA), usually as an epiphyte. Karen Schuster (Class of 2008) spotted it growing on the adventitious roots on the trunk of a cabbage palm tree…
Thanks to Rick Battle for sharing these beautiful photos from a walk at Captain Forster Hammock Preserve on August 30, 2020. This 110-acre property reaches from Jungle Trail to the Atlantic Ocean. A parking lot and bathrooms are located on…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 