Please recommend books for sw fl trees?

[cyrano138]

Just to keep it short and sweet, I am a beginning arborist building a business and preparing for my certification, and I would like to make sure I approach this in the most educated way possible. There are some good resources online for trees in the Pacific Northwest and the other areas, but I haven't found very many for Southwest Florida, where I am. I'm looking for a basic tree and palm identification and care book for Southwest Florida, if anyone has any recommendations. There is one book recommended on the University of Florida ifas extension website but I'm not sure if it's any good. ( http://ifasbooks.ifas.ufl.edu/p-1389-trees-south-florida-the-keys.aspx )Any help would be greatly appreciated and also I should say that I've been lurking on the forum for a while and appreciate all the helpful information.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Short and sweet it is! Here, http://www.floridaisa.org/
Jeff

 

[cyrano138]

Thanks!

 

[Jason Douglas]

University if Florida website has many, many tree resources. Anything by Ed Gilman is top notch

 

[cyrano138]

I'm going to start with the trees of Florida books at the UF iafs extension site. Of course I'm right on the boundary between Central and South Florida so I'll have to buy both. Thanks again for the advice.