Thanks to Dave Fuss, Indian River Land Trust (IRLT) Director of Stewardship, and newly hired Land Steward JD Hart, for leading a wonderful walk on Sunday, 3/8/2020, for us at the Winter Beach Salt Marsh. This 65+ acre property is…
Tag: Herb-of-grace
Pretty (White) Peacock 2
Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) shared the photo above of a white peacock butterfly that she took on our walk led by Donna Winter (Class of 2016) on 11/24/2019 at the Indian River Lagoon Greenway. This brush-footed butterfly often is…
Throwback Thursday: The Wettest Year … 2016
2016 was the wettest year at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) since the preserve was purchased in 1991. During the seasonal fall high tides, the trail usually floods near the coastal wetlands -- but not at the junction of…
Weeds of Wednesday: Nootropic or Weed?
Herb-of-grace (Bacopa monnieri) is a sprawling succulent herb of wet places -- both fresh and brackish -- that comes and goes in different places at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA), depending upon rainfall. The photo above shows herb-of-grace growing…
