Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) is a wide-ranging, high-climbing woody vine that often brings smidges of seasonal color. Also known as woodbind, American ivy, and fire-leaved ivy, Virginia creeper grows from Quebec through the Northeast U.S. to Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas,…
Is it redder this year? Is the increased coloration due to our cooler temperatures? To increased exposure to wind due to Hurricane Irma? Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) is native vine that folks either love or hate. Though it leaves are…
When I was growing up in New Jersey, our neighbors, the Chiristoffers family, always had a gorgeous yard and gardened daily in their rock garden, beds of award-winning chrysanthemums, and throughout their yard. Recently, Bob and I had the opportunity…
Veteran volunteer Jean 'JJ' Romano sent the following picture of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), which she photographed yesterday at the west of Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area near Publix. This vine, at a quick glance, is sometimes confused with poison ivy.…
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