Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida
Maintaining monoculture lawns is resource intensive and can have environmental impacts on arthropod and aquatic communities. Here we introduce the reader to some of the many native plants that establish in lawns and if left to grow can provide ecological benefits to urban landscapes. Most resources...
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Maintaining monoculture lawns is resource intensive and can have environmental impacts on arthropod and aquatic communities. Here we introduce the reader to some of the many native plants that establish in lawns and if left to grow can provide ecological benefits to urban landscapes. Most resources and marketing regarding these plants focus on killing them rather than on their ecological benefits. This publication introduces the audience to these species and provides information about the biology and benefits of these species, as well as resources to learn more about self-recruiting lawn species.
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spelling | doaj-art-88039feb6a1d4808920af39c7508f05a2025-02-08T05:41:43ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092023-02-0120231Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central FloridaOlesya Malakhova0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1320-7137Wendy L. Wilber1Sandra B. Wilson2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-1901Kacey A. Russo3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-6009Jesse C. Jones4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-4792Brooke L. Moffis5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3721-5817Johanna WalkerBasil V. Iannone III6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2477-7573University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Maintaining monoculture lawns is resource intensive and can have environmental impacts on arthropod and aquatic communities. Here we introduce the reader to some of the many native plants that establish in lawns and if left to grow can provide ecological benefits to urban landscapes. Most resources and marketing regarding these plants focus on killing them rather than on their ecological benefits. This publication introduces the audience to these species and provides information about the biology and benefits of these species, as well as resources to learn more about self-recruiting lawn species. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/131189 |
spellingShingle | Olesya Malakhova Wendy L. Wilber Sandra B. Wilson Kacey A. Russo Jesse C. Jones Brooke L. Moffis Johanna Walker Basil V. Iannone III Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida EDIS |
title | Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida |
title_full | Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida |
title_fullStr | Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida |
title_full_unstemmed | Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida |
title_short | Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida |
title_sort | getting into the weeds an introduction to common lawn plants and their ecological benefits in north central florida |
url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/131189 |
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