Nancy Soucy (Class of 2010) led the last walk of the 2016 Season for the Indian River Land Trust at their Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail on Saturday, 4-2-2016. Nancy is pictured in the center of the group photo taken by Ken Gonyo…
Category: Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail
Swell swallowtail
Felcity Rask (Class of 2015) sent this beautiful photograph of a late stage black swallowtail butterfly (Papilo polyxenes asterius) on mockbishopsweed (Ptilimnium capillaceum), one of its many larval host plants, near the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail. Also known as herb…
What use are Furrows ?
Though I am not fond of the furrows on my forehead, I love the furrows on the bark of mature live oaks (Quercus virginiana). Epiphytes -- plants that live non-parasitically on oner plants and things -- do not usually grow…
Tomato? Christmas Berry!
Named for its fruits that are most profuse during the Christmas season is this native salt marsh succulent -- Christmas berry (Lycium caroninanum). Its fruits resemble tiny, smaller than dime-sized tomatoes, and, indeed, this plant is a member of…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 