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Rethinking Wildlife in Your Florida-Friendly Edible Landscape

, Tina McIntyre, , Tiare Saracino, and
Other Contacts: Claire Lewis


Release Date: 3/6/2023

Reviewed At: 11/14/2025

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-EP630-2023

Agriculture

Abstract

Considering wildlife in your edible landscape can be a complex challenge. Although wild animals can cause crop damage, this may not be a conflict that has to be addressed. This publication provides a useful decision tree that helps users make choices regarding the species in their managed area. Our goal is to help the gardener become more accepting of wildlife among edible crops and coexist in a shared environment.

About this Publication

This document is ENH1366, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2023. Revised March 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

McIntyre, T., Cohen, H., Gutner, R., Saracino, T., & Momol, E. (2023). Rethinking Wildlife in Your Florida-Friendly Edible Landscape. EDIS, 2023(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep630-2023

Authors

Hamutahl Cohen
Hamutahl Cohen

former Extension agent II, Ph.D., commercial horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Collier County

Tina McIntyre
Tina McIntyre
Specialized Agent
University of Florida

regional specialized agent and Extension agent II, M.S., Florida-Friendly Landscaping™, UF/IFAS Extension Seminole County, Sanford, FL

Rachel Gutner
Rachel Gutner

former undergraduate student (B.S. 2021, Biology), University of Central Florida

Tiare Saracino
Tiare Saracino
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent III, residential horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County

Esen Momol
Esen Momol

former director, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program; UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency (CLUE)

Contacts

Claire Lewis
Claire Lewis
Specialist
University of Florida

state specialized agent II and director Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency

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