Tag: saw palmetto

Parsing Through the Palmettos

Posted: February 13, 2018

The term “palmetto” gets thrown around a lot in the plant world. Sometimes “palmetto” is referring to the common name of the plant, or it could be the scientific name. There is a reason botanists aren’t a fan… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

Tags: cabbage palm, commonly confused, Lara Milligan, palm trees, palmetto, palms, saw palmetto

A Fiery Past

by Lara Milligan

Posted: July 3, 2014

Picture this: a vast open landscape dominated by pine trees and an understory lush with wiregrass. No homes are anywhere to be found, just old Florida standing in the stagnant air of summer. A large thunder cloud is… Read More

Category: Forests, Work & Life

Tags: fire, land manager, lightning, oaks, pine, prescribed fire, saw palmetto, smoke, succession, supression, wildfire

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida

P.O. Box 110180 Gainesville, FL 32611-0180 | Phone: (352) 392-1761