Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Pictured above are Tillandsia setacae growing on the way to the Boathouse at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. This epiphyte goes by many common names including Southern needleleaf, needleleaf airplane, and quill-leaved wild pine. Its genus name, Tillandsia honors 17th…
The weather could not have been better for 2015 FMEL - PIAS volunteer class walk to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area Observation Tower. Ducks, a little blue heron, a reddish egret and a bunch of blue crabs delighted the group.…
Though I am not fond of the furrows on my forehead, I love the furrows on the bark of mature live oaks (Quercus virginiana). Epiphytes -- plants that live non-parasitically on oner plants and things -- do not usually grow…
Fresh evidence of the "evil weevil" is pictured above on 1/10/2015 at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory when Diane LaRue (Class of 2012) and Jean 'JJ' Romano (Class of 2013) were working to control invasive pest plants at the Oslo…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 