Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Julia butterflies (Dryas iulia) were amazingly abundant at the Captain Forster Hammock Preserve when we visited there on 4-12-2019. Near to the parking lot, they were sipping nectar from snow squarestem (Melanthera nivea) shown above. Nearer to Highway A1A, these…
As we walked from the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory Boathouse to to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on 3/30/2019, we saw lots of striking spikes of scarlet flowers radiating up from within the vegetation along the road. The coralbean…
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) identified this beautiful bay lobelia (Lobelia feayana) growing in a very moist area near the canoe launch that is adjacent to the Ansin Tract Conservation Area visited on 4-6-2019. Bay lobelia flowers are tiny (1/4-…
Vin Gemmetti (Class of 2019) had on his phone a photo of a vine that he wanted identified. It is one of the twelve species of greenbrier (or catbrier) found in Florida and is shown above in a photo taken…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 