Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The simpsons stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) in the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) parking lot is full of flowers -- even more flowers than when it bloomed in the spring. Tropical plants sometimes will bloom a second time, unlike temperate plants…
Annual saw palmetto flowering and fruiting are significant ecological events that attract hundreds of insect species, and provide food for bird and mammal species. Mary E. Carrington, et. al., Pollination Biology of Saw Palmetto in Southwestern Florida, Palms, Volume 47(2), 2003…
We tend to not think of mosquitoes as pollinators, but, remember that only female mosquitoes bite. Male (and female) mosquitoes nectar upon plants for the "fuel" with which to complete their life cycle. Female mosquitoes (for the most part) need…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 