Dahoon holly (Ilex cassine var. cassine) is a small tree that grows in moist, freshwater spots at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on both the north and south side of Oslo Road. It shown below at south ORCA in…
Holly Jolly
Category: South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Early Bird Flower
Forked bluecurls (Trichostema dichotomum) flowers open early in the day. That's when the beautiful blue flowers are erect with long curled Its stamens (male parts) and styles (female parts). Its lower petals are distinctively spotted to "direct" bees where to…
Pale, pale partridge pea
Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) can be big and bushy, as seen above at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area) on an orchid stroll on Saturday, June 27, 2020, or quite prostrate as shown below at Archbold Biological Research Station. Look…
Coastplain goldenaster: Biennial Generational Differences?
Coastalplain goldenaster (Chrysopsis scabrella) was flowering fabulously when Jane Schnee led a Florida Scrub-Jay walk for us on 11/11/2018 at the Wabasso Scrub, a 110-acre conservation area owned by Indian River County. We also saw this plant at…
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