Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
You will find shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata) growing on the trunks of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) in moist and shady places. Look for it in many natural areas including the South Prong Slough, the Denton Tract, the St. Sebastian River Preserve, the…
When we visited the South Prong Slough on 6-23-24 on a walk led by Friends of the St. Sebastian River President Tim Glover, we saw lots of eastern lubber grasshoppers (Romalea microptera) on a variety of plants including water hickory…
When we visited the South Prong Slough on 6-16-2022, we saw the very beginnings of shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata), an epiphytic fern with an almost absolute allegiance to the trunk of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) in moist, mostly shady places.…
Red maple (Acer rubrum) is a well-known large tree of moist places throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada with distinctive 3 or 5-lobed leaves. Even in Florida, this deciduous tree brings red and yellow fall color. A substantial specimen grows…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 