Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
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…
Strangler fig trees often, but not always, begin their life in the boots (old leafstems) of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto). They do not literally strangle their host, but they send down substantial aerial roots and out-compete their host for nutrients,…
March 28, 2008 is when the photo above was taken. Sorely missed from this world are Maggy Taylor (Class of 2004) seated at the left and Joel Day (Class of 2005) standing toward the front. How swiftly comes change! Note…
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Special thanks to Ken Gonyo (Class of 2012) for leading a nature guide "training" walk at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on Saturday, 2/27. Ken & Reva Brugnoli (Class of 2013) have been co-leading the bi-monthly ORCA nature walks for the…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 