Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Common grape (Vitis rotundifolia) is a plant that we see very frequently at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area and elsewhere. On sunny trail edges and in disturbed areas it can grow quite zealously. All grape vines climb by tendrils and…
Rougeplant (Rivina humilis) grows infrequently at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) in hammock shade along with wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) as shown above. This very versatile perennial native plant also grows on the sun-baked backsides of beach dunes and…
An artful strangler fig (Ficus aurea) snakes around the trunk of a sabal palmetto (Sabal palmetto) at the entrance to the Centennial trail at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), the very first national wildlife refuge, on Earth Day…
Marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides) once graced the edge of the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) parking lot, shown above in 2009. Sadly, most of these plants are now gone. Marlberry trees can grow to be 15' especially in the shade of…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 