Lawn & Garden Links
University of Florida Web Sites
- EDIS: UF/IFAS Publication Online
- Featured Creatures
- FTLD REC Home Page
- University of Florida Pest Alert
- University of Florida Home Page
- University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)
- Department of Environmental Horticulture at UF
- UF Plant Information Database
- Gardening Tips from Dr. Bob
- Florida Museum of Natural History
UF Sample/ID/Test Forms
- Container Media Test form
- Insect Identification form
- Nematode Assay form
- Plant Disease Clinic/Florida Extension Service
- Request for Plant Information form (Plant ID)
- Soil Test form for landscape & vegetable gardens
- Water Test form (irrigation only)
- Extension Soils Lab - for water and soil testing info
- UF Soil & Water science department
State Extension Services
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Service
- Colorado State University Cooperative Extension On-Line
- CTAHR - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
- NC Cooperative Extension Service
- Ohio State University Web Garden
- Texas Agricultural Extension Service
- UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Best Management Practices (BMP)
Botanical Gardens
- American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
- Fairchild Tropical Gardens
- National Tropical Botanical Garden
- The New York Botanical Garden
- The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Composting
- Construction of Home Compost Units
- How to Build a Keys Composter
- How to Compost in the Florida Keys
- Recycling Yard Wastes
- Tips for Compost Success
- Trouble Shooting Guide
- Turn Over a New Leaf
- Using Seaweed
- Worms Eat My Garbage
- Master Composter Web site
Children's Gardening
- University of Florida's Gator Gardening for Kids
- Beginning Level - Getting Started in Entomology
- 4H Entomology Project Advanced Level Workbook
- FL Dept of Ag - Insect Coloring Book
- FL Dept of Ag - Wildflower Coloring Book
Environmental Topics
- EnviroWorld: Florida's Enviro-Link With The World!
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
- The Nature Conservancy - Help Save Endangered Habitats!
- National Wildlife Federation
- National Audubon Society
Groundcovers
- Low Maintenance Landscapes
- Native Florida Plants for Home Landscapes
- Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Native Plants that Attract Wildlife
- Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
- Landscape Plant Insect Management Suggestions
- Conserving Water in the Home Landscape
- Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Mulches for the Landscape
- Converting Yard Wastes into Landscape Assets
- Micro-irrigation in the Landscape
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
Gardening
Horticultural Societies
- American Bamboo Society
- ASHS Home Page
- Botanical Society of America
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
- The American Rose Society
- Tropical Hibiscus
Hurricanes
- University of Florida - storm preparation
- Rx for Flood-and Salt-Damaged Plants
- Rx for Hurricane-damaged Home Landscape Plants
Insects (Good & Bad)
- Africanized Honey Bees Info and Living with Africanized Honey Bees
- Ants - Fire Ants
- Ants - Area wide Suppression of Fire Ants
- APHIS Pest Detection and Management/Plant Protection and Quarantine
- Brown recluse spider: Quotes from a medical authority of brown recluse bites
- Brown recluse spider - UF IFAS Creature Features
- DOACS - Pests that have recently invaded Florida
- Exotic Palmicultor Mealybugs in Florida
- Florid Keys Mosquito Control
- Geiger tortoise beetle
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
- Lobate Lac Scale or in Spanish
- Hort on the Internet - Insects
- Spiders and arachnids
- Termites
- Termite baiting efficacy
- Termites in mulch - LSU Ag Center
- Venomous Spiders in Florida
Invasive Exotics
Landscaper Information
Landscaping before and after the storm
Mulch
Newsletters
Palms
Palm Fact Sheets
- Areca Palm Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
- Bamboo Palm Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
- Bismarck Palm Bismarckia nobilis
- Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto
- California Washingtonia Palm Washingtonia filifera
- Canary Island Date Palm Phoenix canariensis
- Carpentaria Palm Carpentaria acuminata
- Chinese Fan Palm Livistona chinensis
- Christmas Palm Veitchia merrillii
- Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera
- Desert Palm Washingtonia filifera
- Fishtail Palm Caryota
- Jelly Palm Butia capitata
- Kentia Palm Howea forsteriana
- Key Thatch Palm Thrinax morrisii
- Malayan Dwarf Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera 'Malayan Dwarf'
- Manila Palm Veitchia merrillii
- Mexican Washington Palm Washingtonia robusta
- Paurotis Palm Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
- Pindo Palm Butia capitata
- Queen Palm Syagrus romanzoffiana
- Royal Palm Roystonea
- Senegal Date Palm Phoenix reclinata
- Sentry Palm Howea forsteriana
- Washington Palm Washingtonia robusta
- Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei
- Yellow Butterfly Palm Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
- Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Paurotis Palm
- Butia capitata Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm
- Carpentaria acuminata Carpenteria Palm
- Caryota spp. Fishtail Palm
- Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Areca Palm, Bamboo Palm, Butterfly Palm
- Cocos nucifera Coconut Palm
- Cocos nucifera 'Malayan Dwarf' 'Malayan Dwarf' Coconut Palm'
- Howea forsteriana Kentia Palm, Sentry Palm
- Livistona chinensis Chinese Fan Palm
- Phoenix canariensis Canary Island Date Palm
- Phoenix reclinata Senegal Date Palm
- Phoenix roebelenii Pygmy Date Palm
- Ptychosperma macarthurii Macarthur Palm
- Sabal Palmetto Cabbage Palm
- Syagrus romanzoffiana Queen Palm
- Thrinax morrisii Key Thatch Palm
- Trachycarpus fortunei Windmill Palm
- Veitchia merrillii Christmas Palm, Manila Palm
- Washingtonia filifera California Washingtonia Palm, Desert Palm
Plant Pathology
- Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
- Mistaken Identities for Plant Diseases
- Sooty mold
Plant Nutrition
Poisonous Plants
- Poisons and Poisonous Plants
- Poisonous Plants of Florida
- Plants Poisonous to Dogs and Cats
- Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum) color photos
- Poison Prevention
Shrub Fact Sheets and Care
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants - Natives found in the Keys
- Butterfly Gardening
- Camellias in Florida
- Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
- Converting Yard Wastes into Landscape Assets
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
- Florida Counties and Atala Butterflies
- Hibiscus pruning, fertilizing & insect control
- Ixora for South Florida
- Landscaping to Attract Birds in South Florida
- Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Landscape Plant Insect Management Suggestions
- Micro-irrigation in the Landscape
- Mulches for the Landscape
- Oleanders for Florida
- Salt Tolerant Plants for South Florida
- Shrub Fact Sheets (516 Fact Sheets in PDF Format)
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
Snakes
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Emergency Planning
- Dealing With Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Introduction
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Identifying Commonly Encountered Snakes
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Preventing Encounters
- Snakes of Florida online guide
- Snakes - Florida - FWC
- Snakes, Guide to Venomous Snakes of Florida
- Snakes - red, yellow, black - poisonous or not
Spanish publications
Tree Selection and Care for South Florida
- Determining Shade Patterns for South Florida
- 680 Tree Fact Sheets
- Tree planting
- Tree pruning
- Dispelling Misperceptions about Trees
- Where are Tree Roots?
- Community Tree Care
- Tree Pruning Specifications
- SFRC Tree ID
Tropical Fruit
- Tropical Fruit Virtual Field Laboratory
- Miami-Dade County Extension Tropical Fruit page
- Tropical Fruit Nursery List
Turf
Water conservation in the landscape
Weeds
Wildlife
- Avian Influenza - bird flu
- Bats in buildings
- Bats - information for the homeowner
- Birds - roosting
- Bufo toads- if your pet is poisoned by one
- Marine toads (Bufo marinus)
- Dealing with unwanted wildlife in an urban environment
- Iguanas (Dealing with Iguanas in the S. Florida Landscape)
- Key Deer fact sheet
- Key Deer and Iguana Plant Preferences
- Lizards of South Florida - Native Species, Part 1
- Raccoons
- Rat & Mouse control
- Roof rats in fruit trees control
- Reptiles of Southern Florida
- Dr. Kenneth Krysko's research efforts, UF Division of Herpetology