Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Resurrection fern (Pleopeltis michauxiana), like all ferns, reproduces via wind-borne spores - not seeds. The "warty" spots that you see on the resurrection fern pictured above are made by the spore cases (sporangia) on the underside of the fronds. The…
Resurrection fern (Pleopeltis michauxiana) is a desiccation tolerant plant. During dry times, each resurrection fern frond "curls up" on itself exposing the underside of the frond which is covered with roundish (peltate) scales. These scales help to slow dehydration and…
Cooler "fall" temperatures finally arrived for a 10-27-2018 group walk at the Cypress Bend Community Preserve (CBCP), a 47.25 acre property owned by Indian River County on the beautiful banks of the St. Sebastian River. Nearly all (43 acres) of…
Dick Atkinson (Class of 2005), Gayle Peters (Class of Winter 1999), John Warner (Class of 2012), Diane Morgan (Class of 2012), Gorgeous Gwendolyn (second ORCA "group" walk), Doreen McLeod (Class of 2010), Trich Kruza, Gayle Lafferty (Class of 2015), Bob…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 