The Wednesday invasive plant control work team -- Ken Gonyo, Diane Larue, Jean 'JJ' Romano and Susan Warmer -- was very displeased to see a tall shoebutton aridisia (Ardisia elliptica) with fruit along Oslo Road as they walked with 2015…
Tag: Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Lovely leaf roller
Along the hammock trail at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, the handiwork of crafty moth larvae is evident upon the leaves of shiny-leaved wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa). Unroll the leaf, and you are most likely to find only frass (insect…
Clowning Around
Bob Bruce, Ken Gonyo, and Jean 'JJ' Romano are pictured above "clowning around" at the soon-to-be-ready Audubon House, after working on invasive pest plants there. The Audubon House property includes a swath of hammock with many of the same invaders…
Big, Bad Grass
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…
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