Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
After we being plagued by a miserable amount of mosquitoes in the hammock area at the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (SORCA) on our orchid stroll on June 18, 2022, we ventured in the sunnier and scrubbier part of the…
Florida is home to 34 species of hypericums, yellow wildflowers with many stamens and 4 or 5 petals. Their confused and confusing common names often honor saints. St. Johns-wort (Hypericum perforatum) is widely sold as an herbal medicine to treat…
Elliott's milkpea (Galactia elliottii) sometimes fills up available trail space as seen above at the upland mitigation area at Indian River Club or clambers atop adjacent foliage without the help of tendrils. Also known as white milkpea, you will find…
Migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are beloved. Milkweed (Asclepias.sp.) is their larval food, so planting milkweeds is encouraged. 22 species of milkweed occur in Florida (and in different habitats). Pictured above is scarlet milkweed (Asclepais curassavica), also known as bloodlfower,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 