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Sunrise and overhanging oak trees at Lake Alice.

Determining How Much Pressure a Root Can Generate when it Expands (Show Us the Data! 3)

by Andrew Koeser
April 29, 2025

Basic Vs Applied Research In science, we often distinguish between basic and applied research questions. Basic questions are asked primarily to expand knowledge, without any immediate concern for practical application. There may never be a ... READ MORE

Category: , Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Rooted In Tree Research, Show Us The Data!, Trees And Construction, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension
Sunrise and overhanging oak trees at Lake Alice.

A Fork in the Road: How Pruning Decisions Impact Codominant Unions (Journal Club 4)

by Andrew Koeser
April 15, 2025

As readers of this blog and our work may know, codominant branches are unreliable predictors of tree failure during storms. At the same time, numerous studies have found that codominant branch unions are weaker than those with more favorable ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Pruning, Rooted In Tree Research, Tree Care, Tree Research Journal Club, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension
Two women speaking at a table.

Meet the People Behind the Trees: Getting to Know Urban Forestry Extension Agent Jamie Daughtery Hagyari

by Stephanie Cadaval
April 10, 2025

Jamie Daughtery Hagyari is a certified arborist with a diverse professional background and one of our UF/ IFAS Urban Forestry Extension agents. In a recent interview, she spoke with us about her educational and professional journey and how ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: UF/IFAS Extension, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension
Sunrise and overhanging oak trees at Lake Alice.

Does Moon Phase Impact Pruning Response? (Journal Club 3)

by Andrew Koeser
April 4, 2025

Andrew worked as a cook in high school and college, and the old-timers in the kitchens where he toiled swore that the weirdest customers always came out during a full moon. Similarly, you may have heard friends or family in health care or law ... READ MORE

Category: , Forests, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arboriculture, Rooted In Tree Research, Tree Research Journal Club, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension
Fallen log

Dead wood: Nature’s invitation to your yard

by Megan Winslow
February 24, 2025

Katy Deitz’s laurel oak was decades old, the trunk half the length of her body, when the hollowing effects of heart-rot decay rendered the tree unsafe to stand. Arborists felled the oak, and Deitz intended to grind the stump. “I’m ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Arborist, Ask IFAS, Dead Wood, Ecological, Environment, Forest Entomology, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jiri Hulcr, Katy Deitz, Master Gardener Volunteer, Megan Winslow, Natural, Nature, Neighborwood Watch, Plant Pathology Department, School Of Forest, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, Snag, Stump, Survey, Tree, Trunk, Tyler Jones, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Urban Environment, Wendy Wilber, Wildlife Pole, Woodpecker, Woodpecker Pole
Field of wildflowers

SFFGS Faculty Members Awarded 2025 Archer Early Career Seed Grant

by Stephanie Castellano
January 6, 2025

FFGS is pleased to announce the awarding of funds from the 2025 UF/IFAS Archer Early Career Seed Grant to two of its faculty members, Dr. Mysha Clarke and Dr. Lindsey Reisinger. The UF/IFAS Archer Early Career Seed Grant program helps early-career ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Climate Change, Freshwater, UF/IFAS Research, Urban Ecology, Urban Forestry

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