Tag: Alyssa Vinson

Just In: Florida Mangroves ID Guide Now Available

by Rolando Negron
July 31, 2025

Mangroves are more than just striking coastal plants—they play a critical role in Florida’s ecosystems, offering shoreline protection, wildlife habitat, and natural filtration. However, mangroves can be tricky to tell apart—but now it’s ... READ MORE

Category: , UF/IFAS Communications
Tags: Alyssa Vinson, Coastal Ecosystems, Environmental Education, Field Guide, Florida Coast, Florida Mangroves, Hillsborough County Extension, Mangrove ID Guide, Native Plants, Plant Identification, Protected Species, Rolando Negron, UF IFAS Bookstore, Urban Forestry

Prepare your landscape and trees for the hurricane season

by Brad Buck
May 5, 2025

Given the damaging impacts of hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton last year, you may want to prepare your landscape and trees for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season – and the sooner the better. “Best management practices include supporting ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Alyssa Vinson, Arborist, Bird Feeders, Claire Lewis, Damage, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Furniture, Gutters, Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Season, Hurricanes, Irrigation, Landscapes, Lynn Barber, Pruning, Soil, Trees

Aumentan los niveles de polen: Expertos de UF/IFAS nos explican sobre el polen y cómo puede afectar sus alergias

by Luz Bahder
March 13, 2024

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS. Ya empezamos la temporada de polen. Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), el 18,8% de los hispanos ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alergias De Temporada, Alergias Estacionales, Alyssa Vinson, Asma, CDC, Español, Estornudos, Fatiga, Flores, Lynn Barber, Ojos Llorosos, Ojos Rojos, Palmeras, Picazon, Pinos, Polen, Primavera, Reproduccion En Plantas, Robles, Secresion Nasal, Spanish, Temporada De Alergias, Temporada De Polen, UF/IFAS En El Condado De Hillsborough, UF/IFAS En El Condado De Manatee, Urticaria

Answers from UF/IFAS experts as pollen blankets your car and makes you sneeze

by Brad Buck
March 13, 2024

Achoo! It’s pollen season. You might sneeze, and you might have to wash your vehicle to remove the green, dust-like coating that comes from plants. We asked Lynn Barber, the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ agent at UF/IFAS Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes
Tags: Allergies, Alyssa Vinson, Lynn Barber, Oak Trees, Plants, Pollen, Sneezing, Tips, Trees, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County

Your Passport to Mushroom Identification: The Mushroom Journal

by Rolando Negron
January 2, 2024

Enter a realm of exploration into the ever-wonderful world of fungi as the UF/IFAS Bookstore presents its most recent captivating publication, the Mushroom Journal. Mushroom Marvels Explore the enduring allure of mushrooms, those magical entities ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Alyssa Vinson, Armando J. Ubeda, David Outerbridge, Dr. Matthew Smith, Florida 4-H, Journals, Mushrooms, Publications, Rolando Negron, UF IFAS Bookstore, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension

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