Master Gardeners of Hillsborough County, Florida
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ANIMALS
● Amphibians & Reptiles
● Animal Poison Control
● Animals (EDIS)
● Armadillo, 9-Banded
● UF/IFAS Butterfly Tutorials
● Frogs & Toads
● Moles
● Nematodes		 ● Snakes, Venomous
● Spider, Venomous
● Wildlife
ANIMAL INSECTS
● Ants
● Ants: Pest Ants
● Asian Cycad Scale
● Butterfly Coloring Book (for Kids)
● Butterfly Gallery (Floridata)
 ● Butterfly Gardens		 ● Bees: African Honey Bee
● Bees: Honey Bee Removal
● Bees: Pest Control Services
● Chinch Bug		 ● Nematodes
● Mole Crickets
 ● Mosquito
● Rose Bugs
● Ticks & Fleas
ANIMAL PESTS Click to GO TO TOP of page.
► Pest Management
► Pest Alerts
● Ants
● Aquatics & Invasives
● Armyworms
● Chili Thrips
● Chinch Bug
● Cicada Killers 
● Citrus Pest Insects & Mites
● Cuban Treefrog
● Cupboard & Pantry Food Pests
● Cutworms
● Pests Fact Sheet
 		 ● Fall Armyworms
►Featured Creatures
● Fire Ants
● Fleas & Ticks
● Grubs
● Human Pest Insects
● Hunting Billbugs
● Insect by Host
● KEY PESTS
 ● Landscape Insects
● Lawn Insect Pest Management
● Lawn Caterpillars
● Lovebugs
● Nematodes		 ● Mole Crickets
● Mosquito
● Pet Pest Management
● Rose Bugs
● Spider, Golden Silk
● Spider, Huntsman
● Spider, Spinybacked Orbweaver
● Spiders, Venomous
● Ticks & Fleas
● Turf Pests
● White Grubs
CITRUS
●  ALL (EDIS)
●  Home Citrus
●  Canker — Do not bring fruit in that is suspected of having citrus canker. It is very contagious.		 ●  Citrus Greening:
 ► FL Department of Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, 1-800-282-5153
  ► US Department of Agriculture		 ●  Citrus Disease Identification
●  Citrus Culture
●  Citrus Problems
DISEASES
● Sudden Oak Death
EDIS, University of Florida
FORESTRY  Click to GO TO TOP of page.
● Hillsborough County Urban Forestry
● Palms Production & Culture Resources
● Palms in the Landscape (Woody)
● State Division of Forestry
● Tree Fact Sheet 		REFER: Rob Northrop, Urban & Community Forester, 744-5519, extension 106, HES, Email: Northrop@ifas.ufl.edu ― He provides advice, and assistance on trees, forests, and natural resources to government agencies, businesses and private landowners.
GRASS & LAWNS  Click to GO TO TOP of page.
● Brown Patch
● Disease Happenings (Lawn)
● Disease Sample (Lawn)
● Disease Sample FORM (Lawn)
● Establishing a Lawn
 ● Florida Lawn Handbook
● Gray Leaf Spot
● Lawn Best Management Practices
● Lawn Fertilizer Rates (Chart)
● Your Florida Lawn		 ● Selecting a Grass for Lawn
● Mowing

● Florida Turf (unofficial UF site)
● Bahiagrass
● Bermudagrass
 ● New Lawn Grasses
● Ornamental Grasses
● St Augustinegrass
 ● Zoysiagrass		 ► Pests
● Pest Control Services
● Chinch Bug
 ● Mole Cricket
 ● Nematodes
 ● Pest Control Guide (Lawn)
● Take-all Root Rot
 ● Weed Management
● White Grub
 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EXTENSION
5339 South CR 579, Seffner, FL 33584-3334, (813) 744-5519,
 http://hillsborough.extension.ufl.edu/index.html
HORTICULTURE FOR HOMES
HORTICULTURE FOR PROFESSIONALS
INVASIVES  Click to GO TO TOP of page.
● Aquatic and Invasive 
● Cuban Tree Frog
 		 ● IFAS Assessment of the Status of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas
 ● Invasive Species (IFAS)
LANDSCAPE SELECTOR
MASTER GARDENER
● Hillsborough County Master Gardener
● FL Master Gardener Program
● MG Only		 ● Book Covers
 ● Marina's Website
● Workshops
PESTICIDES
● Pesticide Emergency Resources
● Pesticide Info Office, UF		 ● National Pesticide Info Center
PLANTS  Click to GO TO TOP of page.
● Aquatic & Invasive Plants
● Butterfly Gardening: Get Started
● Butterfly Milkweed Handling Hazards (Toxic)
 ● Citrus
● Plant Atlas
● Florida-Friendly Plant Database
● Florida Plants Online
● Florida NATIVE PLANTS (Florida)
  ► EDIS Listing
  ► Plant Society
  ► Plant Nurseries Database
  ► Association of FL Native Nurseries		 ● Milkweed Handling Hazards (Toxic)
● Nutrient Deficiencies
 ● Non-Native Plants in Native Areas
● Ornamentals Production

● PALMS:
  ► Lethal Yellowing (Disease)
  ► Maintenance
  ► Palms Production & Culture
  ► Palms in the Landscape (Woody)		 ● Plant Answers
● Plant Fact Sheet 
● Plant Pathology (Penn State)
● Plant Profiles
● Propagation
● Roses: Bugs & More
● Woody Ornamentals & Storm Damage)
● Woody Plants
PLANT ID
● Plant Identification
● Plant Damage Key: General		 ● Plant Damage Key: Specific Plant Part
● Plant Damage Key: Seeds
VEGETABLES
● Vegetables ● Diseases (Cornell)
● Diseases (TX A&M)		 ● Vegetable Guide (UF)
WATER RESTRICTIONS  Click to GO TO TOP of page.
●  Hillsborough County
●  Plant City
●  Southwest Water Management District		 ●  Tampa
●  Temple Terrace
WEATHER
● Convert knots to MPH
● Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN)
● National Weather Service (Tampa)
● Severe Weather Tracking		 ● 7-day Forecast (TBO)
● Brandon (Animated)
● Intelicast: Florida
● Intellicast: Tampa Bay
● Intellicast: U.S.		 ● Hurricane: NOAA
● Hurricane: NOAA Photos
● Hurricane: Atlantic Region GOES-East
● Hurricane: Tropical Cyclones, a Satellite Perspective
● Hurricane: Western North Atlantic GOES-East Satellite Images — LIVE
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