Tag: invasive plants

MEDIA ALERT: Florida 4-H youth, partners empower students in native plant restoration at Fern Forest on March 6

by Lourdes Mederos
February 27, 2025

What: Broward Native Plant Propagation Project: A Florida 4-H Broward County pilot initiative Where: Fern Forest Nature Center, 201 Lyons Road South, Coconut Creek When: Thursday, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Conservation, Curriculum, Farm Management, Invasive Species, Livestock, Professional Development, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Field Base Research, Invasive Plants, News, Nonnative, Plants, Professional Development, STEM, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County 4-H, Youth

Where do invasive species spread and why? UF/IFAS researchers take a novel approach to find the answer

by Lourdes Mederos
February 12, 2025

Science tells us invasive species — like the spotted tilapia — are always on the move, making it difficult for scientists to simulate their spread and predict where they will go next. Researchers at the University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Climate, Environmental Resistance Modeling, ER Modeling, Invasion Science Research Institute, Invasive Plants, Invasive Species, Journal Of Biogeography, News, Plants, Tegu, Temperature, Tilapia, UF/IFAS, Yunpeng Liu

UF scientist helps perfect tool to reduce invasive species worldwide

by Brad Buck
May 31, 2022

A University of Florida scientist is working with a global research team to help control plants, animals and fish before they become invasive. To do this, resource managers first need protocols. In addition to preserving natural, native fishing ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species
Tags: Aquatic Invasives, Fisheries, Global, Invasive Plants, Invasive Species, Jeff Hill, Protocols, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory

Plant this not that: a new guide to protect Florida

by Tory Moore
October 15, 2021

Florida’s climate makes a cozy environment for a variety of plant species. The downside is that invasive and potentially destructive species often try to call Florida home, too. A new guide developed by UF/IFAS Extension Seminole County outlines ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Invasive, Invasive Plants, Invasive Species, Invasives

Learn about invasive species in free virtual workshop

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
October 12, 2021

The next “Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!” will discuss invasive species, live on Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. Eastern, noon Central. Recordings are posted afterward at tinyurl.com/GardeningLive. Zoom requires pre-registration, and viewers ... READ MORE

Category: EVENTS, HOME LANDSCAPES, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Gardening In The Panhandle, Invasive Plants, Invasive Species, Pat Williams, Ray Bodrey, Sheila Dunning, Stephen Enloe, UF/IFAS Extension Northwest District

Junior Cattlemen & UF/IFAS Crew Care for Rookery Bay

by Shelby Thomas
June 28, 2021

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. --- A group of young cattlemen and cattlewomen, alongside UF/IFAS animal sciences faculty and staff worked to remove invasive plants from the Snail Trail at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve as part of the ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS
Tags: Florida Cattlemen's Association, Florida Cattlewomen, Gene Lollis, Invasive Plants, Jr. Florida Cattlemen's Association, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Florida Water Management District, UF/IFAS Animal Sciences Department

UF researchers to use AI to predict how hurricanes spread invasive plants

by Brad Buck
March 8, 2021

Scientists project hurricane intensity and frequency will increase with climate change. That leads researchers to want to better predict how storms will disperse and establish nonnative plant invaders. Knowing where invasive plants spread ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species
Tags: #aiatuf, Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Dispersal, Ecology, Herbert Wertheim College Of Engineering, Hurricanes, Hyperspectral Imaging, Invasive Plants, Luke Flory, Nonnative Plants, Seeds, Spores

Newly banned beach weed threatens sea turtle nesting sites

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
October 20, 2020

With this year’s sea turtle nesting season nearing its conclusion in Florida, many of the protected species’ newest hatchlings have completed their first big journey from their sandy nests to the water. But a crawling plant introduced ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Beach Habitat, Beach Vitex, Deah Lieurance, Invasive Plants, Justina Dacey, Rick O'Connor

UF professor’s paper earns recognition from Weed Science Society of America

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 31, 2020

by Olivia Doyle GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Earlier this month, the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) gave special recognition to a paper authored by University of Florida professor James Leary, honoring it as an Outstanding Paper in Invasive ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Awards And Recognitions, Invasive Plants, James Leary, Jason Ferrell, Research, UF/IFAS Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants

Horseback riders address invasive species problem across Florida

by Tory Moore
February 19, 2020

A UF/IFAS Extension program educates outdoor enthusiasts to report invasive plant species with a unique vantage point - from horseback. In doing so, participants can help UF/IFAS reduce some of the invasive species that cost the United States ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Equestrian, Horseback Riding, Invasive Plants, Invasive Species, National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Trail Riding

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