Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) sent this fern photograph that she took at south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on the February 7, the second volunteer class at which we saw 2 adult and one juvenile eagle soar overhead. This fern…
Eagle fern
Category: Fern
Positively Prehistoric Fern!
Giant leather fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium) is said to be the largest fern in North America. Diane Larue (Class of 2012) provides scale to a new, soft and succulent frond at a wetland crossover bridge at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.…
What use are Furrows ?
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…
Cabbage palm cohort
Cabbage palm fern (Phelbodium aureum) usually is found growing epiphytically on cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto), as pictured above at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its deeply pinnatifid leaf blades can grown to be from 1 to 3 feet long. Sometimes,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 