Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Sherry Shipley (Class of Fall 1998) coined the adage, Myrsine is green, as a mnemonic for differentiating marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides) from myrsine (Myrsine cubans). Both of these plant belong to the same plant family, Myrsinaceae (myrsine). Myrsine is pictured above…
Hammock plants are the most widely used native plants for landscaping, and some of them -- like wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) and saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) -- are quite versatile. Shiny-leaved wild coffee thrives under an oak canopy in hammock…
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…
Pelican Island Audubon Society President Dr. Richard Baker led a nature walk at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on Sunday, November 16. In flower were some fabulous freshwater plants, including climbing aster (Symphyotrichum carolinanum) pictured above and swamp lily (Crinum…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 