Live Oak or Laurel Oak?
If you’re more of a visual learner, check out this video on our “This or That” on our YouTube playlist. Florida is home to many species of trees and knowing what tree you are looking… Read More
Tag: tree identification
Create Your Own Tree Walk
Okay, here’s the deal…I love trees. I think they are really cool, and overlooked way too often. So, during this time of quarantine, I wanted to create an activity you can do at home to… Read More
The Little Oaks Part II
As promised in my “The Little Oaks Part I”, here we will explore two more species of shrubby oaks; these are little, I’m talking, like three feet max. The two species we will examine today… Read More
The Little Oaks – Part I
![Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]](http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/pinellasco/files/2019/07/featured-image_oaks.png)
There are 26 species of oaks vouchered in Florida, 10 of which have been found in Pinellas County. While oaks are often known for being these massive trees, did you know we have four species… Read More
What Kind of Mangrove Is That?
Mangrove trees are very important to Florida’s coastal ecosystems. We have three species of mangrove trees in the state: red, black and white, but there are over 50 species worldwide! Mangrove habitats provide many benefits… Read More
A Maple Tree…Or Not?
In case you’ve missed it, I’ve been blogging about commonly confused tree species (and, well…commonly confuses species in general). Today’s comparison focuses on how to tell apart red maple (Acer rubrum) from sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)…. Read More
Cherry Trees In Florida?
We are probably all familiar with cherries, the fruit we get to enjoy this time of year. But today I want to talk about the cherry trees we have here in Florida, which unfortunately aren’t… Read More
Could It Be A Brazilian Pepper-Tree?
As an educator I shouldn’t do this, but I’m going to assume most of you have heard about or are familiar with the Brazilian Pepper-Tree (Schinus terebinthifolius). This plant has a super bad reputation because… Read More
Oh, BAY-be!
![By Photo by David J. Stang [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/pinellasco/files/2018/05/bay-header.jpg)
You’ve probably heard people refer to a tree as a “bay” at some point. There are many different types of “bay” trees, but today we are going to focus on how to tell a redbay… Read More
Exploring the Oaks
There are 26 species of oaks recorded in the state of Florida, so it’s not exactly an easy genus to conquer. In fact, upon doing a little exploring locally at Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education… Read More