Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The nectar of the small yellow-green flowers of Florida privet (Forestiera segregata) are quite attractive to pollinators of all sorts. Florida privet flowers in the winter when migratory birds are looking for insects to eat, though flowering time is quite…
Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) has begun to flower. Its showy spikes (terminal racemes) of scarlet flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds & other pollinators. Plants in full sun tend to flower earlier and produce longer flower spikes. The caveat: This plant varies greatly…
Fabulous fruit cups are an identifying character of lancewood (Ocotea coriacea). Judy Gersony, Senior Biologist at the Indian River Research & Education Center, who led a wonderful walk for us at Queen's Cove Preserve, asked for ID of this tropical…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 