Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Railroad vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis) is 1 of 2 pioneering beach vines the grow in the front of beach dunes toward the Atlantic Ocean. This fast-growing morning glory, which can grow to be +30' long, often forms dense mats…
Another native plant with seeds that float for long distances is tallow wood (Ximena americana). You will find this plant growing in sandy places - both beach and scrub. Inside the delicious, fragrant fruit is a seabean, a seed that…
On our first post-Irma walk at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on 10/8/2017, Judith Fillipich (Class of 2016) pointed out the sea bean pictured above. Yes, it is a coconut. Only 1% of all seeds float, and they are called…
These seeds of coin vine (Dalhbergia ecastaphyllum) that I quickly gathered from the wrack line on the beach were photographed by Bob Montanaro. A trip to the sea bean symposium has inspired us both and is described on Bob's blog.…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 