Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Thanks to Master Naturalist Cindy Hersh (Class of 2016) for leading a marvelous walk on the morning of Sunday, 2/11/24 from dune to lagoon at the Barrier Island Sanctuary and Education Center located just north of Sebastian Inlet State Park…
An artful strangler fig (Ficus aurea) snakes around the trunk of a sabal palmetto (Sabal palmetto) at the entrance to the Centennial trail at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), the very first national wildlife refuge, on Earth Day…
Strangler fig trees often, but not always, begin their life in the boots (old leafstems) of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto). They do not literally strangle their host, but they send down substantial aerial roots and out-compete their host for nutrients,…
March 28, 2008 is when the photo above was taken. Sorely missed from this world are Maggy Taylor (Class of 2004) seated at the left and Joel Day (Class of 2005) standing toward the front. How swiftly comes change! Note…
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Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 