Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Be on the lookout for this fierce looking crab at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). The mangrove root crab (Goniopsis cruentata) is a tropical crab of mangrove forests that ranges from south Florida to southern Brazil, throughout the Caribbean…
Southern shield fern and widespread maiden fern are the names favored by Dr. Richard Wunderlin, the University of South Florida botanist responsible for the Florida Plant Atlas, for the fern pictured above, Thelpteris kunthii. Other common names abound, including Kunth's maiden…
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Balsampear, balasm pear, wild balsam apple, bitter melon, bitter gourd, and bitter squash are some of the common names for Momordica charantia, an invasive pest plant that hails from the Old World tropics. After the Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in…
The Ansin Tract Conservation Area, where we enjoyed a group walk on 8/5/2017, is a marvelous mix of habitats including xeric scrub and freshwater wetlands. Following the trail at the kiosk toward the east leads to the beautiful blackwater stream,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 