DADE CITY, Fla. — The Southwest Florida Water Management District continued its work to stop the spread of old world climbing fern in Tampa Bay this week. About 700 small infestations in swamp ...

SOMEWHERE IN THE GREEN SWAMP — State workers are wielding machetes, shears and sprays in their fight against an invasive fern species. The Old World climbing fern has been in central Florida for ...

It's dangerous for plants and wildlife, and that’s why crews are working to stop it from spreading in Central Florida. ... Green Swamp say they’ve found nearly 700 of the ferns in the swamp.

The five habitats re-created in Flamingo Gardens’ Aviary provide a cross- section of Florida’s native vegetation. The coastal sand dune is planted with salt-tolerant sea-grape, beach su… ...

The massive beasts, once native to Florida, died out here nearly two centuries ago. However, five head brought to Billie Swamp Safari in the 1990s have flourished, and the herd now numbers 50.

The well-named swamp fern (Blechnum serrulatum), a native species, grows in moist locations throughout Central and South Florida. Typically 2 feet to 3 feet tall on wet, sunny sites, swamp fern ...

Nothing is wasted in a swamp. After a dead cypress tree crashes to the ground, ... Since strap ferns are tropical plants, peninsular Florida is one of the northernmost locations to find them.

With 800-year-old cypress standing entry over Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, it’s the constantly changing landscape that enchants visitors and brings them back time and time again.