Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Tropical plants tend to have far less allegiance to the "Seasons" than temperate plants. The Simpson's stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) was flush with fragrant flowers when we visited the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on 6-11-2023 looking for Florida butterfly…
Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) also is called bamboo vine. One of three species of greenbrier vines in Indian River County and at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, laurel greenbrier is found in moister locations, including areas that experience extended periods…
Florida butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis) is the most common orchid in Florida. It was first described by John Torrey in 1847 but likely was first collected earlier. Look carefully to see this orchid at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).…
Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata) is a native wildflower of moist places (brackish or fresh) that has a variety of other common names including camphorweed, stinkweed, salt marsh fleabane, sourbush, and cattle-tongue. Many of its common names refer to the sweet-spicey-musky fragrance…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 