Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Botany books say that this grass is very variable and ranges from 3 to 16 feet tall. Giant panicum (Panicum maximum) is another Florida Invasive Pest Plant Council Category 2 (FLEPPC) invasive pest plant found at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation…
Coralberry (Ardisia crenata) officially has been added to the Florida Noxious Weed List, which prohibits its cultivation and sale. Like many invasive pest plants, this "beauty" was cultivated and sold by the Florida nursery industry, a $1.9 billion industry in…
Ceasarweed or Caesar's weed is yet another Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Category 1 invasive plant found at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its dime-sized, pink flowers appear to be tiny hibiscus flowers, and, indeed, this plant is a member…
Its flowers are beautiful, come at Christmas-time, and attract bevies of pollinators. Its leaves are a larval food for sulfur butterflies. Unfortunately, though, Christmas senna (Senna pendula) is a Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Category 1 invasive pest plant. Fast…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 