Getting Into the “Weeds:” An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida

This document is FOR388, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. Original publication date February 2023. Revised November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

Olesya Malakhova, research technician, UF/IFAS Residential Landscape Ecology Lab; Wendy L. Wilber, statewide Master Gardener Program coordinator, and Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension; Sandra B. Wilson, professor, Environmental Horticulture Department; Kacey A. Russo, research technician, UF/IFAS Residential Landscape Ecology Lab; Jesse C. Jones, Ph.D. student, UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment; Brooke L. Moffis, Ph.D. student, UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment; and Extension agent III, M.S., residential horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County, Tavares Florida; Johanna S. Walker, undergraduate scholar and research technician, UF/IFAS Residential Landscape Ecology Lab; and Basil V. Iannone III, assistant professor and state Extension specialist, residential landscape ecology, School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, Florida 32611.