Live Oak or Laurel Oak?

If you’re more of a visual learner, check out this video on our “This or That” on our YouTube playlist. Florida is home to many species of trees and knowing what tree you are looking… Read More
Posted: December 4, 2020
If you’re more of a visual learner, check out this video on our “This or That” on our YouTube playlist. Florida is home to many species of trees and knowing what tree you are looking… Read More
Posted: October 28, 2020
Frogs are a hot topic right now, so I’m going to keep going with this topic… If you missed my last frog blog, you can find it here. In this blog, I talk about two… Read More
Posted: September 30, 2020
Florida is home to many native plants and knowing what plant you are looking at isn’t always easy. Today, we are going to focus on just two, similar looking, native, vining plants: poison ivy and Virginia creeper. Why these two species? Let’s find out! Have you heard the saying “leaves… Read More
Posted: September 30, 2020
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately: “What kind of frog is this?” It is rainy season after all, and rain tends to bring out the frogs. In Florida, rainy season extends from May… Read More
Posted: August 12, 2019
As promised in my “The Little Oaks Part I”, here we will explore two more species of shrubby oaks; these are little, I’m talking, like three feet max. The two species we will examine today… Read More
Posted: July 11, 2019
There are 26 species of oaks vouchered in Florida, 10 of which have been found in Pinellas County. While oaks are often known for being these massive trees, did you know we have four species… Read More
Posted: April 20, 2019
Mangrove trees are very important to Florida’s coastal ecosystems. We have three species of mangrove trees in the state: red, black and white, but there are over 50 species worldwide! Mangrove habitats provide many benefits… Read More
Posted: February 20, 2019
In case you’ve missed it, I’ve been blogging about commonly confused tree species (and, well…commonly confuses species in general). Today’s comparison focuses on how to tell apart red maple (Acer rubrum) from sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)…. Read More
Posted: January 31, 2019
Florida is home to a variety of floating aquatic plants. These plants are supported by the many different wetland biomes that can be found here. Many of these species can be found in swamps or… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: commonly confused, floating aquatic, floating plants, Lara Milligan, plant ID
Posted: January 3, 2019
Florida is home to a variety of different native frog species (27 to be exact) as the warm and wet climate here makes it a perfect habitat for these small amphibians. However since Florida is… Read More
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