Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Plants often defy their "textbook" descriptions. Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is no exception. Its species name repens means reclining. The UF/IFAS publication on saw palmetto states "this slow-growing, small palm only reaches 3 to 6 feet in height." Outliers are…
On October 9, 2024, tornados spawned by Hurricane Milton devastated the tree canopy in the central beach area of Vero Beach primarily on the west side of Highway A1A from just north of the Alma Lee Loy Bridge (17th Street)…
As I drive around Indian River County, I see more and more palms that have been killed by lethal bronzing - including cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto), our Florida state tree. Lethal bronzing is a phytoplasma, an intercellular parasite of plant…
Thanks to Master Naturalist Cindy Hersh (Class of 2016) for leading a marvelous walk on the morning of Sunday, 2/11/24 from dune to lagoon at the Barrier Island Sanctuary and Education Center located just north of Sebastian Inlet State Park…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 