Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Thanks to Master Naturalist Cindy Hersh (Class of 2016) for leading a marvelous walk on the morning of Sunday, 2/11/24 from dune to lagoon at the Barrier Island Sanctuary and Education Center located just north of Sebastian Inlet State Park…
Jungle Trail Conservation Area was its original name. It's current name is Captain Forster Preserve. Captain Forster owned land that he farmed in the vicinity but not this property. The photo above was taken on 3-28-2008 in the midst of…
Seaside heliotrope (Helitropium curassavicum), a.k.a. salt heliotrope, is a halophyte (plant of salty spaces) in Florida, but this wide-ranging plant inhabits moist places throughout the U.S. to central Canada to Argentina. It sometimes can be invasive in Africa, Asia, Australia,…
Two plants commonly called scorpion tails grow in the coastal areas of Florida. Members of the forget-me-not family (Boraginaceae), the plants have an inflorescence with 2 rows of tiny white flowers that are said to resemble the tail of scorpion.…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 