Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Please enjoy these gorgeous photos of zebra longing butterflies photographed at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area by James Martellotti. His wife, Eiko, participated in our 2013 class and brought her husband on the last free guided nature walk of 2013…
Volunteers Ken Gonyo & Diane LaRue 'discovered' this thorny palm - a Senegal date palm (Phoenix reclinata) growing between 2 native cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto), as well as few other smaller individuals. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC) lists the…
Fabulous fruit cups are an identifying character of lancewood (Ocotea coriacea). Judy Gersony, Senior Biologist at the Indian River Research & Education Center, who led a wonderful walk for us at Queen's Cove Preserve, asked for ID of this tropical…
Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada), an invasive pest plant, was discovered growing on the edge of a mosquito control dike at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its large, somewhat waxy leaves are yellow-green. Fast-growing, this one plant was more than six…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 