Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Common grape (Vitis rotundifolia) is a plant that we see very frequently at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area and elsewhere. On sunny trail edges and in disturbed areas it can grow quite zealously. All grape vines climb by tendrils and…
Winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) is flowering now in sunny spots at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Mary Ester & George Bollis, who shared the photo above, report that this plant is prolific at Captain Forster Hammock Preserve. Not to…
The lichens were looking lovely when we visited south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (SORCA) to check out the epiphytic Florida butterfly orchids (Encylia tampensis) on June 27, 2020. Lichens do not harm the plant (or other surface) on which they…
Piedmont blacksenna (Seymeria pectinata) has "returned" to the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (SORCA). 2017 is when this partially parasitic plant proved prolific at the trail entrance in response to trail widening. A few weak individuals were present the following…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 