Arbor Day 2015
January 5, 2015 Category: Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4H Events, Categories, Opportunities
Category: Forests
January 5, 2015 Category: Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4H Events, Categories, Opportunities
Pine Chlorosis: The Yellowing of Pine Trees
January 5, 2015
Post by Bob Mertens; Horticulture Program Specialist We’ve been receiving numerous inquiries here at the Extension office regarding the yellowing (chlorosis) and subsequent deaths of native Florida slash pines, most notably in and around ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Acidic, Beetles, Extension, IFAS, Pine, Soil, Trees, UF, Yellow Needles
New on Featured Creatures! Imperial moth
September 29, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The imperial moth, Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773), is one of our largest and most beautiful moths. It is also ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, WildlifeTags: Featured Creatures, Moths, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert
Nair wins Society of American Foresters award
August 19, 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Ramachandran P.K. Nair, distinguished professor in the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ school of forest resources and conservation, is this year’s recipient of the Award in Forest ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFASTags: Forestry, IFAS
New on Featured Creatures! Giant woolly bear (larva), giant or great leopard moth (adult)
August 11, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The giant leopard moth is our largest eastern tiger moth. It was formerly in the family Arctiidae which now composes the ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, WildlifeTags: Featured Creatures, FL Natives, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert
The Beautiful Life of a Dead Tree or Dead Trees I’ve Known and Loved
July 25, 2014
Tallahassee Democrat July 25, 2014 By Jody Walthall Photo by Lilly Anderson-Messec: Bald Cypress What is the most important tree in the forest? Tallahasseean, Jim Stevenson, former Chief Naturalist ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural ResourcesTags: Birds, July-September 2014, Mammals, Reptiles, Woodpecker
Is it true that there are brown recluse spiders in Florida?
May 20, 2014
That depends on your definition of ‘here.’ No breeding populations of any species of recluse spiders (Loxosceles laeta, Loxosceles reclusa, and Loxosceles rufescens have all been found in the state), has been found in any Florida county ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Work & LifeTags: Brown Recluse Spider, BugWeek, Dangerous, Entomology, FAQ
New on Featured Creatures! Black salt marsh mosquito.
May 6, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The black salt marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), is very common in the eastern coastal areas of the Americas, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Forests, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Featured Creatures, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert
Why is my area so bug-infested?
May 6, 2014
These are some common questions- Why are there so many bugs in Florida? Not species but individual bugs. Why is my area so bug-infested? Why are there sometimes so many bugs of a certain type, like love bug swarms? Florida’s warm, humid ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Bug, BugWeek, Entomology, FAQ, Insects, Pest
UF/IFAS scientist helps write national ‘roadmap’ for natural resources
May 6, 2014
A UF/IFAS forest biologist is among the authors of a new Association of Public and Land-grant Universities report that outlines six “grand challenges” facing the U.S. in the areas of sustainability, water, climate change, agriculture, ... READ MORE
Category: Forests