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Woodpecker Poles and Habitat Wood in Your Yard

, Jiri Hulcr, Andrew Koeser, and


Release Date: 2/2/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr482-2024

Natural Resources

Abstract

This publication provides a practical guide for homeowners and professional arborists to maintain dead wood habitat on their or their clients’ property. It outlines the environmental and financial benefits of keeping dead wood, the different types of habitat one can manage, and strategies for mitigating the risk associated with dead wood.

About this Publication

This document is FOR411, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2024 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Authors

Benjamin Schwartz
Benjamin Schwartz

master's student, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, forest entomology, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, and Department of Entomology and Nematology

Andrew Koeser
Andrew Koeser
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, landscape management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

Stan Rosenthal
Stan Rosenthal

forester, Natural Resource Planning Services, and forestry agent emeritus, UF/IFAS Extension Leon County, Tallahassee, FL

Publication #FOR411

Peer Reviewed
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