Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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…
Red with rage, that is how I feel about Brazilian pepper trees (Schinus terebinthifolius). The best thing that I can say about them is that they respond quickly to herbicide treatments. More than 740,000 acres south of Lake Okeechobee are…
Sand pines (Pinus clausa) are monooecious: Male and female flowers are on the same plant. Flowers begin to form in early summer but do not become visible until autumn. Male flowers - staminate stobili -- of the sand pines at…
Male flowers of saltbush (Baccharis halimifolia) lack the sensational white silkiness of female flowers. Both male and female flowers are attractive to a variety of pollinating insects, including butterflies (like the mangrove buckeye pictured below) and bees (look closely) ...
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 