Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Yellowtop (Flaveria linearis) is a fabulous (usually) fall wildflower. It is a member of the daisy family, Asteraceae, though, at glance, you may not see the family resemblance. The round center of a what we think of as a conventional…
Scrub palmetto (Sabal etonia), shown above flourishing in the frequently burned scrub at Archbold Biological Station along with rusty staggerbush (Lyonia ferruginea), is a Florida endemic. It does not seem to be present at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Scrub…
Fat and happy are these air potato beetle (Lilioceris cheni) larvae photographed at (Pelican Island) Audubon House by Bob Montanaro, Pelican Island Audubon Office Manager on June 30. Air potato beetles progress through 4 larval stages (instars). Shown are late…
Graytwig (Schoepfia chrysophylloides), also known as whitewood, was flowering and fruiting on Prange Island on Father's Day. Clusters of tiny orange flowers and ripening fruits in hues of green and red accented its green, wavy-edged leaves and distinctive grayish white…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 