Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
A visit to the Sebastian Stormwater Park on 8/8/2020 was opportunity to see an unfortunate array of invasive plants, mega-weeds. Seeing the proverbial silver lining, Karen Schuster (Class of 2007) remarked that property could have "grown homes". This 163 acre…
Terminology matters! (The terminology has been changed since this post, which personifies why. Click here for the new & improved terms.) St. Augustine grass (Stenataphrum secundatum) - no matter what you think about its landscape use -- is not an…
Wish that I could say that Hurricane Irma damaged the invasive pest plants at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) significantly. Yes, some Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia) is scorched by salt and wind as are exposed oaks and even mangroves. Many…
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Florida has been called the "land of flowers". Even more properly could it be called the "land of ferns". John Kunkel Small, 1931, Ferns of Florida In 2000 not long after the Herb Kale Nature Trail at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 