“They are a green plant, a flowering plant. It’s not the freeze so much. I don’t know what its adaptations are with dealing with snow,” Griffard said. Florida’s native plants also should ...

They have successfully killed the insect behind the greening disease in the lab, but the real test will come over the next ...

Florida is the caladium capital of the country, and the vast majority of these are grown in Highlands County, especially in the Lake Placid area.

As concerns grow about the impact of herbicides on manatees, new studies point to water lettuce’s roles in aquatic ecosystems.