Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

We hike the Munson Sandhills in late March, finding early spring wildflowers in bloom, including two lupine species and new green blueberries.

The team at the UF/ IFAS Extension office show us how to create a pond, and fill it with native aquatic plants, to attract wildlife to our yards.

Did you know that mistletoe grows as a parasite on other trees? And does it hurt the tree? We called out IFAS Extension Agent to find out.

We look at the role of the southern live oak in Tallahassee’s urban forest, where the tree’s value goes far beyond the ecological.

We visit Torreya State Park one year after Hurricane Michael. How does the loss of trees affect the unique ecosystems for which the park is known?

Tallahassee loves its live oaks, and has a history of fighting to preserve them. We look at our history with this iconic southern tree.

We watch seasonal change in two Tallahassee locations, Lake Elberta (an urban park) and in the Munson Sandhills region of the Apalachicola National Forest.

The City Nature Challenge is a competition, but also a way for us to explore the biodiversity of the Tallahassee area. What did we all see?

In the Munson Sandhills, citizen scientists are monitoring the rare frosted elfin butterfly. This insect needs fire to survive- at the right time of year.

We have one hour on FAMU’s campus to observe as much wildlife as we can using iNaturalist. Our adventure leads us into a forest of invasive species.