Recommended Native Landscape Plants for Florida’s Treasure Coast

The economics of native plants in residential landscape designs

Yard-scale landscape designs can influence environmental quality through effects on habitat, stormwater runoff, and water uality. Native plant gardens may have ecological benefits, and previous research has shown that yards using these plants an be designed in ways that people find attractive. This study examines whether people are willing to pay more for more cologically benign designs than fo...

Community‐level plant–soil feedbacks explain landscape distribution of native and non‐native plants

Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) have gained attention for their potential role in explaining plant growth and invasion. While promising, most PSF research has measured plant monoculture growth on different soils in short-term, greenhouse experiments. Here, five soil types were conditioned by growing one native species, three non-native species, or a mixed plant community in different plots in a com...

Poisonous native range plants

Plant poisoning is a common problem throughout North America, causing significant economic losses not only through death loss, but through the costs associated with reproductive loss, poor growth rates, herbicides, etc. Through good pasture management, recognizing toxic plants, and by understanding the effects of toxins on animals, plant poisoning can be largely avoided. Plants contain a variet...

Local- Vs. Landscape-Scale Indirect Effects of an Invasive Weed on Native Plants

Insect-mediated indirect interactions between native plant species recently have been shown to be important determinants of plant performance in a number of ecological communities. However, the potential indirect effects of exotic plant invasion on native plant species are not well understood. We examined whether the presence or proximity of the targeted exotic weed, musk thistle, influences th...

A GIS-Based Landscape Scale Model for Native Bee Habitat