According to UF/IFAS, Brazilian pepper tree is among the most abundant invasive species in the Everglades and covers 700,000 acres of the state. The fast-growing plant takes over habitats of ...

Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi, commonly called Brazilian pepper, is a native South American pioneer evergreen tree species, which produces a large fruit biomass (SOUZA et al., 2013) that supplies ...

The other is smoke tree (Cotinus coggygira), also deciduous, growing to a height of 15 feet. Varieties with maroon to purple foliage are widely planted. Faded flowers resemble billowy puffs of smoke.

Q: We have a large tree-form lilac that needs to be trimmed back quite significantly. I can’t trim very far before I cut off a lot of leaves. What’s the best way to do this?

A large tree crashed down in Billerica Monday afternoon, damaging a family's home. The Gladfelter family was at work at the time and got a call from a relative which was both relieving and rattling.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Strong winds Thursday knocked a large tree into a home on Cleveland’s West Side. At 3:45 p.m., Cleveland firefighters were dispatched to West 173rd Street after a caller ...

Lee’s pieces range from small tea bowls ($640) to large moon jars ($4,800), and her works can be found at high-end galleries such as Rhett Baruch in Hollywood and Verso in New York. For Mother’s Day, ...

Like other invasive species, Brazilian pepper hogs the nearby ecology at the expense of plants and animals that belong. Few knew of its toxic effects when they planted the tree as decoration more ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The roof of Pete Pepper’s Fort Lauderdale home has obvious damage after part of a large tree came crashing down on it Monday afternoon. “It sounded like a bomb was ...

Brazilian pepper (schinus terebinthifolius) – Brazilian pepper is a small shrub-like tree at 15 to 30 feet high which aggressively invades Florida’s disturbed habitats, hammocks, pine lands, mangrove ...

First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native plants can become aggressive, ...