Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Red mulberry trees (Morus rubra) grow amongst the canopy of live oak trees (Quercus virginiana) at ORCA and are now full of fruit. The photo above, taken on May 15, shows unripe and ripening fruits. Its berries turn blue-black when…
On our visit to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) on 8-28-2016, we saw some floral signs of the end of summer ... Chalky bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus), pictured above with a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) in the background, was beginning…
Redbays (Persea borbonia) were surprisingly abundant at the Indrio Savannahs Preserve when we visited on 3/8/2016, festooned with characteristic galls shown above. These characteristic galls are made by the red bay psyllid (Trioza magnoliae) and can be used to aid in…
At Cypress Bend Community Preserve on 4-10-2016, Donna Winter (Class of 2016) pointed out this distinctively shaped partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata). Like many native plants, this species is very variable in form. This partridge pea, growing in the white sand…
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