Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Along Oslo Road - along with lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) and narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - oakleaf fleabane (Erigeron quercifolius) is now full of flowers. The dime-sized flowers are held atop tall stalks (to +12') and, like nearly all…
Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) grows along roadsides including Oslo Road at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area along with narrowleaf blue-eyed grass. This perennial native wildflower grows from a basal rosette, seeds profusely, and will "fill in" an area if mowed…
You will find narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisirynchium angustifolium) growing along moist roadsides including along Oslo Road near the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). It's not a grass, though. Common names often are confusing. The foliage of this clumping perennial native…
European honeybees (Apis mellifera), native bees, and other pollinators love common begarticks (Bidens alba). This native but weedy annual wildflower grows throughout the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) in sunny disturbed spots. A member of the daisy family, Asteraceae, common…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 