Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella), also commonly called firewheel, had been thought to be native for many years. This plant flourishes in Florida and the southeast U.S. Recent DNA evidence indicates that this plant is native to the southwest. You can…
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…
Homo sapiens, we all are, but our coloration and shapes are quite different, as can be seen in this photo of the folks who visited Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) on 3/11/2018. On that trip we saw lots of…
Today, 8/20/2016, is national honeybee day. Honeybees (Apis mollifera) are "imports" from Europe that are "farmed" (and trucked) to perform pollination services for a variety of crops and to produce honey. Our nation's beekeepers report a decline of 44% from…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 