Red with rage, that is how I feel about Brazilian pepper trees (Schinus terebinthifolius). The best thing that I can say about them is that they respond quickly to herbicide treatments. More than 740,000 acres south of Lake Okeechobee are…
Tag: Invasive plant
Pernicious pea
Abrin is the poison in the seeds of rosary pea (Abrus precatorious). Its showy seeds are poisonous to humans - if the hard seed coat is broken. More than one person who grew up in here Florida has told me…
Sorry schefflera
The only good Schefflera is a dead Schefflera, as pictured above due to the herbicide handiwork last year of Diane LaRue (Class of 2012), Jean 'JJ' Romano (Class of 2013), and Susan Warmer (Class of 2006). Note that the tire…
Gorgeous gopher tortoise
12/23/2014: Diane LaRue sent this photo of a gorgeous gopher tortoise that she and Susan Warmer saw on their regular invasive plant control Wednesday workdays, near the 'quarry' area, a depression near to Vero South Square Shopping Plaza where fill…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 