Florida’s warm climate makes it a prime target for invasive species. Many non-native plants introduced for landscaping have ...

The Florida semaphore cactus, on the other hand, has a dull gray, fleshy stem and can grow to reach a lofty 6 feet, bearing small, scale-like, reddish-orange flowers. Finally, the aboriginal prickly ...

the Florida brickell-bush is found exclusively in South Florida's pine rockland territory, specifically on the Miami Rock Ridge on the edges of Everglades National Park. At maturity this plant ...

Andre A. Naranjo receives funding from the National Science Foundation, Florida Native Plant Society, and the Botanical Society of America. Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow ...

The Smithsonian Institution in the 1850s recruited hundreds of citizen scientists across the nation to track when they saw plants bud or grow leaves. At the time, Florida had been a state for only six ...

Q: Why are pollinators like honey bees important for landscapes in Florida? A: Bees and other pollinators are essential to our food web, and many plants need them for reproduction. Florida is home ...

Besides inland natural springs, a popular destination for the docile aquatic mammals is the warm-water outflows of about a dozen power plants around Florida. Manatees have been attracted to the ...

Andre A. Naranjo is Botanical Curator at Florida International University. Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization ...