Lawn and Garden Links

Horticultural & Environmental Links

Virginia Tech Pest Management Guides – Virginia Cooperative Extension

• Home Grounds and Animals Edition
• Regulations and Basic Information
• Lawn: weed control, disease, insects
• Home Vegetables: insects and disease
• Home Fruits: insects and disease
• Home Ornamentals (i.e., trees, shrubs): insects and disease
• Home and Yard Insect Control
• Pets

Plant Identification

• Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees – College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech
• Turfgrass Identification Key – Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education, NC State University 
• Weed Identification Guide – Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology & Weed Science, Virginia Tech

Insect Identification

• Insect Fact Sheets – Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech
• Clemson Cooperative Extension insect publications
• Virginia Cooperative Extension insect publications

Wildlife

• Wildlife Notes – PA Game Commission
• Wildlife Damage Control – Penn State  
• Wildlife Damage Control – NC State

Additional Resources

• Plant Fact Sheets – growing information on a wide variety of plants commonly used in the landscape
• Plant Disease Fact Sheets – a great resource on plant diseases in the lawn and landscape
• Herbicide Injury Symptoms – suspect that your ailing plant is due to chemical spray?  See this list of common symptoms caused by herbicide (weed killer) applications
• Leaf Damage Diagnostics – University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Great photos to help identify damage in leaves.
• Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets – Cornell
• Turf and Garden Tips – Virginia Tech
• Fruits and Nuts – Fact Sheets from Numerous Cooperative Extensions
• Diagnosing Plant Problems – Virginia Cooperative Extension
• National Pesticide Information Center – Oregon State University and the U.S. EPA
• Horticultural Publications – Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Soil and Water Conservation – Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation