White beautyberry (Callicarpa americana var. lactea) was in full fruit and leafless at Bok Tower when Bob Montanaro and I visited there on Sunday, 12/21/2014. The white variety is far less common than the usual magenta-berried bushes that are now…
Tag: Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Innovative mushroom?
Jean 'JJ' Romano sent me this photograph of a mushroom that she, Diane LaRue and Susan Warmer spotted on 12/10/14, one of their weekly Wednesday workdays at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Dr. Jay Barnhart, who has given his What…
Red Rhus
Shining sumac (Rhus copallinum) at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area is flourishing after last winter's roller-chopping. Above, it is pictured in the firebreak that runs along the north side of the DOT ditch that bisects the property. This non-poinsonous…
Gorgeous gopher tortoise
12/23/2014: Diane LaRue sent this photo of a gorgeous gopher tortoise that she and Susan Warmer saw on their regular invasive plant control Wednesday workdays, near the 'quarry' area, a depression near to Vero South Square Shopping Plaza where fill…
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