Meanwhile, pepper trees continue their takeover of the Everglades and other Florida habitats. "It's obviously something we've got to get a handle on," Cuda said.

Brazilian pepper tree flowers are particularly important to Florida beekeepers because the trees, being from the Southern Hemisphere, bloom in the fall.

A: Brazilian pepper, also known as Schinus terebinthifolius, is grown as a desirable ornamental and crop tree in the western U.S. Here in Florida, it is a prolific and invasive weed.

Senator Pepper, from the less gilded purlieus of northwest Florida, stands by everything Franklin Roosevelt has ever done or presumably will do.

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