UF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension Service - Nursery Grades & Standards

Okeechobee County Extension Service

458 Highway 98 North Okeechobee, FL 34972-2503

(863) 763-6469 Fax (863) 763-6745

Florida Grades & Standards - References:

The Florida G&S Manual is partially online at FDACS/DPI website: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/pubs.html

Grades & Standards ~ Tree Section only - All are in downloadable in three Adobe Acrobat files.
      G&S Tree Section pages 1-27 ~ 1.4 MG file
      G&S Tree Section pages 28-46 ~ 1.2 MG file
      G&S Tree Section pages 47-57 ~ 1 MG file
      G&S Updates May 2005 ~ pdf
Grades & Standards ~ Palms & Cycads Section ~ pdf

Typical Tree Bid Specifications for Florida:

Marshall’s Tree Farm website: http://www.marshalltrees.com/file_manager.asp?n=9

Tree Grading Cue Card - Roots Plus Growers website: http://www.rootsplusgrowers.org/articles_files/art_1attached_file.pdf

The "Ultimate Reference for Florida Landscapers: http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/masterindex.shtml

Plant Identification Resources

Individual Woody Plant Identification Fact sheets (UF/IFAS):

680 Tree Fact Sheets [from Southern Trees CD]
514 Landscape Plant Fact Sheets

The Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Guide to Plant Selection & Landscape Design,
1st ed. (2010) Includes a "Florida Friendly Plant list" with photos and descriptions of over1000 landscape plants

Forest Trees of Florida:

Common Names of Florida Trees http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/florida_forestry_information/forest_resources/trees_of_florida_common_name.html

Tree Identification pages http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/trees_plants/trees/trees.html

Florida Forest Service: Forest Trees of Florida http://flame.fl-dof.com/apps/trees.php

Tree fact sheets from other areas in US:

1,085 tree fact sheets: Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute, California http://selectree.calpoly.edu/
Garden Flowers of Southern California http://www.callutheran.edu/gf/

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Compiled by: Dan Culbert, Okeechobee County Extension Agent III, Environmental Horticulture - October 2003; revised 12/05, 6/2010; 07/20/2011 Hit Counter