Description
In this episode of Naturally Florida, Shannon answers a few Listener questions! She'll tackle a light-hearted Florida Christmas classic, "Why do iguanas fall out of trees when it gets cold?" as well as shed some light about "good or bad" species like queen palms and Carolina laurel cherry, and finally, wrap up with a South Florida conundrum, "What can be done about a nuisance peacock?"
If YOU have a question for Shannon and Lara, you can leave it here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-KBNDTFKdk2s5gpiMx4bhAZcX_k6UeBKkWoRGrhGBkVUN0lVVk4wMVgyMUVDVkgxMFpUNjlPS1FRSy4u
Naturally Florida will pull questions from this form for future Q&A episodes, or, may occasionally add a question to a normal episode.
Learn more:
Iguanas in the Landscape: https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/archive/hot_topics/lawn_and_garden/iguanas_landscape.shtml
Queen Palms: https://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu/assessments/syagrus-romanzoffiana/
Carolina Laurel Cherry: https://www.fnps.org/plant/prunus-caroliniana and https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/ST505
Nuisance Wildlife FAQ - Florida Fish and Wildlife: https://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/wildlife/faqs/
How You Can Help:
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If choosing new landscaping, run the species through the IFAS Assessment first - https://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu
Only hire wildlife trappers who have training and are listed through FWC's wildlife trapper page. See here: https://app.myfwc.com/hgm/nwt/nwtsearch.aspx
Sources for this Episode:
UF IFAS Assessment: https://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu
Florida Invasive Species Council, Invasive Species list: https://floridainvasivespecies.org/plantlist.cfm
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