Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Thanks to Donna Winter (Class of 2016) for the magnificent photos above of a green anole (Anolis carolinensis) foraging in the flowers of American elder (Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis), more commonly called elderberry. She took these photos at the Toni…
Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) sports striking spikes of tubular scarlet flowers throughout the winter and early spring. Hummingbirds and long-tongued butterflies nectar on its flowers. Flowering seems to be earlier on Orchid Island than on the mainland. This showy native plant…
People display diversity & so do plants in Nature (as opposed to intentional cultivation). Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared two photos that demonstrate this diversity. She took the picture above of the flower of a Faey's palafox (Palafoxia faeyi)…
Our Florida state butterfly, the zebra longwing loves it, but lots of gardeners do not. It is common beggarticks (Bidens alba). Common names for this plant are about as common as this plant and include Spanish needles, butterfly needles, romerillo,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 