Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Simpsons stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) fared fabulously during the February 2026 freeze. A look at the range map from the Florida Plant Atlas for this plant shows that it ranges as far north as Volusia County and has an inland distribution…
Lots of insects visit the sweetly fragrant flowers of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) including lovebugs (Plecia nearctica). Lovebugs emerge in large numbers twice a year: Late spring (April/May) and fall (August/September). Male lovebugs emerge before the females. Once coupled, the…
Tropical plants tend to have far less allegiance to the "Seasons" than temperate plants. The Simpson's stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) was flush with fragrant flowers when we visited the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on 6-11-2023 looking for Florida butterfly…
Simpson's stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) grows as an infrequent, small tropical tree at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Look in the handsome hammock areas on the both sides of Oslo Road to spot this native tree, which is characterized as…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 