The two cherry laurels (Prunus carolinana) included in the Audubon House landscape were inspired by the cherry laurels that grow in the mesic hammock at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, where they now are flowering. A member of the rose…
Category: Pollinator Plants
Myrsine is green!
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…
Sun or shade lover?
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…
Lovely leaf roller
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…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 