Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Another seed capable of ocean transport comes from yet another native member of the pea family (Fabaceae), coralbean (Erythrina herbacea). Also called Cherokee bean, this tropical tree grows throughout Indian River County including at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Captain…
Copperwood, West Indian birch, turpentine tree, and tourist tree are all common names given to gumbo limbo (Bursera simarouba). We saw gumbo limbo - almost leafless - full of fruit on our walk at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on…
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…
Saltbush (Baccharis halimifolia) didn't show off much this fall, perhaps due to the lack of rainfall this summer. Check out its female fall show below in a photo below taken at the Indian River Lagoon Greenway last year ... This…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 