At a glance starrush whitetop (Rhyncospora colorata), shown above at the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail on July 15, 2020, appears to be a daisy. What appear to be long petals are really showy bracts that attract pollinators. Many of its…

Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
At a glance starrush whitetop (Rhyncospora colorata), shown above at the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail on July 15, 2020, appears to be a daisy. What appear to be long petals are really showy bracts that attract pollinators. Many of its…
Piedmont blacksenna (Seymeria pectinata) now grows profusely along the xeric scrub trail at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) near the entrance on Oslo Road just to the east of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. This trail was bush-hogged…
This pretty-flowered pollinator plant (Phyla nodifolora) has a plethora of common names including turkey tangle fog fruit, frogfruit, Texas frogfruit, capeweed, creeping lip plant, creeping charley and matchweed. Thanks to Bob Montanaro, Pelican Island Audubon Society Office Manager, for this…