Invasive plants: What harm can they do to people, pets and Florida's natural areas, yards?
First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native plants can become aggressive, ...
Want to learn how to plant a Florida garden? There’s a tour for that
Visitors will see six central Palm Beach County gardens filled with native plants during the annual tour this month.
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SEE HOW: Wakulla County Garden Club plants more native trees in the county
The garden club got a $500 grant from the Florida Federation of garden clubs to to rejuvenate the gardens at Medart Rec Park.
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Invasive plants: What harm can they do to people, pets and Florida's natural areas, yards?
Birds are great at spreading seeds, but typically they are spreading the seeds of non-native plants. First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native ...
Florida 'snow' blankets parts of Sunshine State during winter, some of the coldest months
"Florida snow" is a perennial wildflower or what some might call a weed. It can be white, pink or pale lilac and resembles ...
Untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff threaten the Florida manatee’s main food source, contributing to malnutrition
Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift ...
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Are these non-native species Naughty or nice?
The Florida Native Plant Society defines the phrase Florida native plant as “those species occurring within the state boundaries prior to European contact, according to the best available ...
Florida's iconic Key deer face uncertain future as seas rise
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects that by 2100, seas will rise 0.5 to 2 meters in parts of the ...
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Inside the grassroots ‘plant rescue ops’ to save Florida’s native species
Enter the concept of plant-rescue ops. Volunteers with the Florida Native Plant Society have dug, moved and transplanted more than 4,800 of the state’s rarest specimens from Castle Hill.