Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
At the entrance to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, now flourishes a big "bush" of beggarticks (Bidens alba). Yes, this plant is weedy and hitchhikes its way around via its 2-toothed seeds that give rise to its species name, Bidens: …
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Pictured above on 9-29-2011 is the sign on Jungle Trail at the Viewing Area at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR). Thanks to Steve Dawdy (Class of 2016) and his cohorts new, highly reflective signs are in place. In 2011,…
Read More Throwback Thursday: Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge 2011
On Saturday, March 14, 2015, the Pelican Island Audubon Society (PIAS) and the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) co-sponsored a wildflower workshop at the (Pelican Island) Audubon House. Thanks to all participants, speakers, and to PIAS…
Read More Throwback Thursday – Wildflower Workshop on 3-14-2015
On the way to the annual meeting of the Florida Mosquito Control Association in St. Augustine, John Beidler, retired director of the Indian River Mosquito Control Association & I stopped at a St. Johns River Water Management District Conservation Area.…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 