UF/IFAS Extension
Baker County
UF/IFAS Extension Baker County is a partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the University of Florida's Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), and the Baker County Board of County Commissioners.
Contact
baker@ifas.ufl.edu
(904) 259-3520
1025 West Macclenny Avenue
Macclenny, FL 32063
Florida’s Native Flora & Fauna: Eastern Redbud & Leafcutting Bees
Featuring some of Florida’s native flora (plant life) and fauna (animal life) so you can learn to recognize, appreciate, and protect native species.
02/24/2022
Narrowleaf Sunflower – Wild Weeds
Wild Weeds - Weed of the Month
Narrowleaf Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Narrowleaf Sunflower, also often called the Swamp Sunflower, is a native and common sunflower in Florida. You can find this plant naturally occurring in marshes, wet flatwoods, and roadside ditches throughout north and central Florida
10/01/2022
What's Going on in Florida
Baker County Master Gardener Volunteer Training
UF/IFAS Extension Baker County is now accepting applications for the 2022 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Course.
WHO ARE THE MASTER GARDENERS?
Master Gardeners are volunteer educators of the horticultural arts and sciences
05/23/2022
Prepare for Hurricane Ian
SEPT. 26, 2022 (10 AM) -- Hurricane Ian is approaching the Gulf of Mexico and is on a path to impact the west coast of Florida
09/26/2022
St. John’s Wort – Wild Weeds
Wild Weeds - Weed of the Month
St. John's Wort
Hypericum tetrapetalum
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09/01/2022
Carolina Redroot – Wild Weeds
Wild Weeds - Weed of the Month
Carolina Redroot
Lachnanthes caroliana
Carolina redroot is a perennial herbaceous wildflower that occurs naturally in wet flatwoods, marshes, bogs, dome swamps, savannas, and coastal swales. Blooms of this plant are a creamy whitish-yellow and are borne in fan-like terminal clusters atop erect stems
08/01/2022
Wild Blue Phlox – Wild Weeds
Wild Weeds - Weed of the Month
Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Wild blue phlox is a perennial wildflower that blooms from spring into early summer. You'll find this delicate flower in slope forest, bluffs and calcareous hammocks
07/01/2022
Rain Lily – Wild Weeds
Wild Weeds - Weed of the Month
Rain Lily
Zephyranthes atamasca
Rain Lily is a short-lived perennial wildflower that occurs in moist flatwoods, river swamps, floodplains, and can often be found in ditches and roadsides. As the name suggests, this plant typically blooms after a rain shower
06/01/2022
