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Support Your Local Bugs: Leave the Leaves (Get a FREE Bumper Sticker!)

by Jackie Lebouitz
March 19, 2025

You may have heard the phrase "leave the leaves" before. It was first coined by the National Wildlife Federation, then popularized by the Xerces Society. After that, many other groups followed suit. Before we dive into what that phrase means, ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Arthropod, Bug, Drop, Entomology, Insect, Invertebrate, Leaf, Leave The Leaves, Leaves, Mulch, Pgm_Chemicals

3 Poison leaves

by Christine Jackson
February 14, 2024

Florida is known for having a large variety of plants, here anything can thrive. That being said, there are a number of plants that can impact one’s health upon interaction. In this article, we are going to talk about 3 poisonous leaves ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Commercial Horticulture, Horticulture, Leaves, Poison Ivy, Poison Leaves, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac, Urban Forest, Wetland

Leave The Leaves?

by Lara Milligan
January 31, 2024

Leaves are incredibly fascinating if you spend time taking a closer look, or perhaps feel, or even a smell! Leaves are made up of multiple layers of plant cells. Plant cells contain chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain chlorophylls. Chlorophylls ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Fall, Leaves, Lmilligan, Stormwater, Water Quality, Winter

Florida Fall Foliage

by Krista Stump
December 5, 2022

Bring out the pumpkin spice and apple cider – autumn is here! However, nothing screams autumn more than fall-colored leaves. Despite Florida’s warm climate, there are some trees here that turn beautiful shades of yellow, orange, and red ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation
Tags: Autumn, Fall, Leaves, Trees

Fall Color in the Panhandle

by joshuacriss
September 19, 2022

Perpetual Question Do any of the leaves change color down here in the fall? The most common answer is that there is none here in the land of evergreens. The prevalence of oaks (Quercus spp.) and pines (Pinus spp.) see to that. There is ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Fall Color, Florida Panhandle, Leaves

Leaves: Bag ‘em or Leave ‘em?

by Theresa Badurek
May 11, 2022

By Rebekah Heppner, Master Gardener Volunteer I thought about leaves a lot last month. There wasn’t time to write up my thoughts then because, well, there were So. Many. Leaves. I don’t have any big trees on my property, but my neighbors ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: #MasterGardener, Compost, Drains, Garden, Landscape, Leaves, Stormwater, Water

Herbicide Damage: The Mysterious Case of Curling Leaves

by Amanda Marek
May 26, 2021

As an Extension Agent or a Master Gardener Volunteer, we oftentimes find ourselves serving as plant doctors, or even as investigators trying to solve mysteries on the farm or landscape. One type of case we see quite frequently is the mysterious ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Curling, Drift, Herbicide, Leaves, Plant Damage

The Science Behind the Beauty of North Florida Fall Color

by Erin Harlow
December 10, 2020

Some years it seems like the leaves never really change color in North Florida and then there are other years where they are a rainbow of color. Why is that? It really has to do with a combination of factors that include the quantity of sunlight, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Fall, Fall Color, Forest, Leaves, Trees

Will This Kill My Tree?

by Ken Gioeli
September 19, 2018

An up close view reveals dozens of hairy, inch long caterpillar, twitching within the fine webbing. Twigs, stems, skeletonized leaves and excrement were visible. Left alone, will these fall webworm kill our young pecan tree? Is this a pest requiring ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Chewed Leaf, Chewing, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Holes In Leaves, Insects, Leaves, Levy County, Pesticide, Tree, Vegetable

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