Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Fresh evidence of the "evil weevil" is pictured above on 1/10/2015 at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory when Diane LaRue (Class of 2012) and Jean 'JJ' Romano (Class of 2013) were working to control invasive pest plants at the Oslo…
Cabbage palm fern (Phelbodium aureum) usually is found growing epiphytically on cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto), as pictured above at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its deeply pinnatifid leaf blades can grown to be from 1 to 3 feet long. Sometimes,…
Shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata) is another epiphyte that grows at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. This primitive fern with stringy foliage is found almost exclusively growing in association with "boots" -- old leafstems -- of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) in…
Ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) is an atmospheric epiphyte that looks like balled-up Spanish moss. Both of these absolutely rootless perennial plants can be found fastened to power lines, rocks, fences, and, of course, other plants. Ball moss can be found…
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