Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Balsampear, balasm pear, wild balsam apple, bitter melon, bitter gourd, and bitter squash are some of the common names for Momordica charantia, an invasive pest plant that hails from the Old World tropics. After the Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in…
On a walk at Spoonbill Marsh on 11/7/2015, Steve Palmquist (Class of 2014) asked me if I knew the name of the plant further down the boardwalk with the green fuzzy pods. Gayle Lafferty (Class of 2012) immediately knew that…
When I was growing up in New Jersey, our neighbors, the Chiristoffers family, always had a gorgeous yard and gardened daily in their rock garden, beds of award-winning chrysanthemums, and throughout their yard. Recently, Bob and I had the opportunity…
Abrin is the poison in the seeds of rosary pea (Abrus precatorious). Its showy seeds are poisonous to humans - if the hard seed coat is broken. More than one person who grew up in here Florida has told me…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 