Long-needle pine straw comes from the longleaf pine tree, and its needles are 12 to 18 inches long. Short-needle straw—4 to 8 inches long—comes from loblolly or slash pine trees. Long-needle ...

The Alachua Conservation Trust is conducting various prescribed burns to support proper seeding and prevent wildfires heading into the summer months.

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna ... Longleaf pines — their needles can be up to 18 inches long — are among the longest-lived trees in eastern North America, surpassing 500 years ...

As native vegetation like pine trees and wire grass ... burning we do in the state of Florida.” Ryan Parker, an intern at Alachua County Trust, holds up a long-headed toothpick grasshopper ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind ... Sitka spruce and many other tree species, have been compared to cathedrals, providing an otherworldly ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind ... are similarly open in structure and contain trees up to nearly 1,000 years old. But perhaps the most ...

NUMBER ONE: Because oranges. Because a single slice held to the light is magic and sometimes the scene in the window of its ...

Florida wildlife and common diseasesFlorida ... lion and had to go through all these rabies vaccines with these long needles that go into the stomach and that was like my biggest fear," she ...

Hosted by UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Master Gardener Volunteers for all of your plant care needs. Upcoming clinics include – —10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. May 9, South Creek branch of the Orange County ...

Tall trees and shrubs ... cypress and dwarf Scotch pine, bring a similar look and feel to small gardens, but they have a different silhouette, color, and needle shape. Maxing out at around 15 ...