Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The butterfly orchids (Encyclia tampensis) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) are beginning to form seed pods. A group of 12 people braved the heat to take an orchid walk on Sunday, 7/21/2019, and were well-rewarded with lots of…
Common plant names are, well, common and sometimes even crazy. They are not standardized. Anyone can "assign" a common name, and often the same common name is used for different plants, especially in different regions. Somehow, Florida butterfly orchid or…
Hammocks & all habitats in Florida are hurricane-adapted. The plants at Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) weathered Hurricane Matthew in 2016 with little damage, save the loss of leaves & small limbs on live oaks (Quercus virginiana), the time-tested hurricane…
Hurricanes like fire are defining part of the natural history of Florida's ecosystems. Today, June 1, 2017, marks the beginning of the annual Hurricane Season. The sister storms of 2004 dramatically altered the constitution of the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.…
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