Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Each fall the frostweed (Verbesina virginica) flowers fabulously. Pollinators flock to it. At Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, this plant, which dies back to the ground in the winter, was beginning to set seed in September... Flowering was especially prolific…
Thanks to Joyce and Dave Thompson who hosted us a their home following our walk at the Captain Forster Preserve. Their gracious hospitality always is appreciated at what has become an annual event. Birder Doug Sutherland pictured seated next to…
Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) has begun to flower. Its showy spikes (terminal racemes) of scarlet flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds & other pollinators. Plants in full sun tend to flower earlier and produce longer flower spikes. The caveat: This plant varies greatly…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 