This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Andre A. Naranjo is Botanical Curator at Florida ...

Why should we plant native plants? I’ve talked to people who think Florida is tropical with no variation in plants year-round; that they are green and blooming all year. Florida is semi-tropical with ...

EDGEWATER, Fla. — Florida is one of the most biodiverse states in the country. It’s home to more than 3,000 native plant species, according to the University of South Florida’s Atlas of Florida Plants ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Florida enters peak mosquito season, University of Florida experts are setting the record straight on a common summertime belief: plants like citronella and lavender won’t keep ...

For the first time in three years, community members strolled through the Florida Museum grounds for its fall plant sale. The Florida Museum of Natural History hosted a fall plant sale Sept. 19 and ...

Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, according to a recent study I published with colleagues. Scrub mints are a clade – ...