Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are native to central America. More than 70 million poinsettias are sold at Christmastime in the the U..S. with a value of more than $250 million. Florida is home to 2 small native "poinsettias", plants in the…
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,…
Because it has copious red berries at Christmas time, Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia) sometimes is called Florida holly mistakenly. Florida is home to 15 native hollies, not all of which have red berries. Dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) – like Brazilian…
Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebintifolia) is a weed of massive proportions that covers a massive amount of Florida real estate, estimated to be more than 700,000 acres. This plant is not problematic in its natural range in south America where insects,…
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