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…
Category: Wildlife plant
Gorgeous golden fig
Strangler fig and golden fig are two common names for Ficus aureum. In Latin, Ficus means edible fig. Birds and other wildlife consume the tiny, many-seeded "figs" (pictured above Queens Island). I did not find them to be especially palatable…
Pond Apple Progress
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…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 