The Wednesday invasive plant control work team -- Ken Gonyo, Diane Larue, Jean 'JJ' Romano and Susan Warmer -- was very displeased to see a tall shoebutton aridisia (Ardisia elliptica) with fruit along Oslo Road as they walked with 2015…
Category: Invasive plant
Hateful hitch-hikers
Ceasarweed or Caesar's weed is yet another Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Category 1 invasive plant found at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its dime-sized, pink flowers appear to be tiny hibiscus flowers, and, indeed, this plant is a member…
Air Potato Beetle Population Abounds
Last year, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released air potato beetles (Liloceris cheni), a biological control agent for the horrible invasive air potato vine (Dioscorea bulbifera), which threatens to overtake the mesic hammock at the Oslo Riverfront…
Stinky Wild Balsam Apple
Tara McTaggart (Class of 2012) recently texted me about a plant, which she had correctly identified as wild balsam apple (Momordica charantia) and is pictured above. This plant also is known as "stink vine". Invariably, in removal attempts, the alternate,…
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