Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portalucastrum), a.k.a, sea purslane, is a perennial halophyte that grows on the mosquito control dikes at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). You also will find it growing on the front of beach dunes where it helps…
Samphire, silverhead, saltweed, silverweed, and beach carpet are common names for Blutaparon vermiculare, an annual halophyte that sometimes grows on the mosquito control dikes at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). At a glance, this low growing fleshy succulent resembles…
3/11/2018 trip to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), a special tram tour with PINWR & ORCA volunteers ... Happy Halophytes, the saltmarsh succulents saltwort (Batis maritima) and glasswort (Salicornia sp.) at Joe Michael Overlook ... Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata)…
Christmasberry, Carolina wolfberry, Carolina desert-thorn, and creeping wolfberry are among the many common names given to this red-berried plant of coastal places. A member of the member of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, Christmasberry (Lycium carolinianum), as we will call it,…
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