Florida-Friendly Landscaping Using Mulch Around Trees and Palms
While some think of mulch as simply an aesthetic component of a landscape, it is so much more. Mulch has a large impact on the health of your landscape plants, including your palms and trees. Selecting the correct mulch and the appropriate application will benefit your plants, the wrong mulch and application can cause significant harm. There are two broad categories of much: organic and inorganic. Organic mulch is derived Read More
ConservationStudents discover which invasive plant species are commonly lurking in Gainesville stores and nurseries
Two University of Florida juniors took a deep dive into invasive plant species being sold in the Gainesville area. UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics (SFFGS) students Natalie Vargas and Luis Hernandez launched an undercover collaborative independent study this semester under the watchful eye of SFFGS Associate Professor of Forest Systems Michael Andreu, Ph.D. “Our independent study is about the most common invasive Read More
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