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Study: Most trees survive winds from hurricanes as strong as Category 1; experts still urge caution

by Brad Buck
August 23, 2022

As the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, a new University of Florida study shows most trees withstand tropical storm winds up to 95 mph in category 1 hurricanes. But lead study author Andrew Koeser and other UF/IFAS experts ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arborist, Damage, Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hurricanes, International Association Of Arboriculture, Tampa, Tree Failure, Trees, Urban Trees, Wind

11,000 tree varieties in North America, but only a few species dot cityscapes

by Brad Buck
May 5, 2022

If you look at trees, especially in Florida’s urban areas, you’ll generally see southern live oaks or cabbage palms. Makes sense. Those are the two most common species in the Sunshine State’s cities. Indeed, most of America’s cities ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Landscape Architects, Lethal Bronzing, Live Oak, Palms, Removal, Species, Species Diversity, Stormwater, Trees, Urban, Urban Heat, Usda

Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
April 5, 2022

How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth’s forests? A new study from an international team of researchers found the answers – by looking at decades of dying trees. Just published in the journal “Nature Communications,” ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agronomy, Climate Change, Forest Health, Trees, William Hammond

Homemade device may help arborists assess odds of falling trees causing damage

by Brad Buck
February 9, 2022

With a device they can make on their own for only $159, arborists can for the most part accurately assess whether people and pedestrians are at risk of danger if a tree falls in your yard. That’s way less than the machines on the market, which ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arborists, Environmental Horticulture, Fall Zone, Falling Trees, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Homemade Device, Pedestrians, Ryan Klein, Target Occupancy Rate, Tree-risk Assessment, Trees, Vehicles

UF ag engineer develops smart-spray technology to help reduce fertilizer, pesticides

by Brad Buck
January 5, 2022

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Growers need to spray efficiently so they can apply pesticides and fertilizer only to crops – and minimize the chemicals that may contaminate natural resources. As they battle the economically devastating citrus greening ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Fertilizer, Fruit, Pesticide, Smart Sprayer, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Trees, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Yield

UF experts: Salvage native plants from construction sites for future use

by Brad Buck
November 9, 2021

Sometimes, good ideas are borne from opportunity. When Kayla Hess was working on her master’s thesis from the University of Florida, she sampled a wetland on a proposed development site just north of Gainesville. In the process, she found ... READ MORE

Category: HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: Basil Iannone, Construction, Harvest, Kayla Hess, Landscape Ecology, Nursuries, Plants, Replant, Salvage, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences, Taylor Clem, Trees, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, UF/IFAS Extension Nassau County, Vegetation

Timmmberrr! … UF experts try to take subjectivity out of tree-falling assessments

by Brad Buck
September 7, 2021

In the eye of hurricane season, you need hardy trees that can withstand the strong winds that come with the storms – and which can topple trees. That's why University of Florida tree scientists Ryan Klein and Andrew Koeser study the variables ... READ MORE

Category: HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arborists, Environmental Horticulture, Falling Trees, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hurricane, Hurricane Season, Pests, Ryan Klein, Subjectivity, Tree Failure, Tree-risk Assessment, Trees, Winds

You can have it ‘made in the shade’ by planting more diverse trees

by Brad Buck
August 3, 2021

When we plant the same trees over and over again, we create urban forests that are vulnerable to being wiped out by invading pests and diseases, a University of Florida researcher says. Deb Hilbert wants to avoid tree deaths. In fact, she and ... READ MORE

Category: Forests
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Deb Hilbert, Diseases, Diversity, Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hillsborough County, Orange County, Pests, Research, Shade, Species, Trees, Urban Canopy

Promising advancements in biocontrol treatment that slows citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 13, 2021

By RUTH BORGER APOPKA, Fla. --- Florida citrus growers may have a new tool to help them slow the presence of citrus greening in already diseased trees. While there is no cure for Huanglongbing (HLB), researchers at the University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Diseased Trees, Donald Hopkins, Emeritus Professor, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Rios Grapefruit, Trees, Valencia

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