Epiphytic plants need to find a way to compensate for what they do not have -- roots that draw nutrients from the soil. Bromeliads like the green wild pine (Tillandsia utriculata) pictured above with vase-shaped shoots -- or "tanks" --…
Category: Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Wonderous whisk fern
Ken Gonyo (Class of 2012) shared this photo of whisk fern (Psilotum nudum) growing at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, which was spotted by Susan Warmer (Class of 2006) on a Wednesday work day. Whisk fern is a very primitive…
Darling domatia
Insect - plant interrelationships are amazingly complex and curious, likely the result of eons of co-evolution. Galls are abnormal growths caused by mites, fungi, and insects, the product of intimate and often species-specific associations. Domatia are different. They are not…
Looking back, onward & upward …
Hard to believe that Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory will be offering the nineteenth volunteer nature stewardship class this year beginning on Saturday, January 24, 2015. Pictured above is the class of 2001 in one of my very favorite photos taken…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 