Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Along the hammock trail at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, the handiwork of crafty moth larvae is evident upon the leaves of shiny-leaved wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa). Unroll the leaf, and you are most likely to find only frass (insect…
Bob Bruce, Ken Gonyo, and Jean 'JJ' Romano are pictured above "clowning around" at the soon-to-be-ready Audubon House, after working on invasive pest plants there. The Audubon House property includes a swath of hammock with many of the same invaders…
Botany books say that this grass is very variable and ranges from 3 to 16 feet tall. Giant panicum (Panicum maximum) is another Florida Invasive Pest Plant Council Category 2 (FLEPPC) invasive pest plant found at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation…
Coralberry (Ardisia crenata) officially has been added to the Florida Noxious Weed List, which prohibits its cultivation and sale. Like many invasive pest plants, this "beauty" was cultivated and sold by the Florida nursery industry, a $1.9 billion industry in…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 