Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Pelican Island Audubon Society President Dr. Richard Baker led a nature walk at Cypress Bend Community Preserve on Sunday, November 16. In flower were some fabulous freshwater plants, including climbing aster (Symphyotrichum carolinanum) pictured above and swamp lily (Crinum…
Common names can be confusing. Because it fits so well, this plant - Lyonia fruticosa - is commonly called rusty lyonia. But, in the Bible of Florida plant ID, the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, Dr. Richard Wunderlin…
The fruit on the pond apple (Annona glabra) at the entrance to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory is now ripe. Special thanks to Bob Montanaro for photo lighting lessons and for the old-fashioned citrus knife with which the fruit was…
When we were working to control the evil air potato at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, volunteer Ken Gonyo (Class of 2013) asked about the green apple-like fruit adjacent to the entrance to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL). Pictured…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 