Joseph LaForest's Images
Title: IPM and Forest Health SpecialistOrganization: University of Georgia
Unit: The Bugwood Network
Country: United States
Web: http://www.bugwood.org
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Joseph LaForest is the Integrated Pest Management and Forest Health Specialist for the Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia. Previously, he was the pest manager of Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan and worked to further develop their adult education programs. He is a Certified Arborist in the International Society of Arboriculture and has worked in various parts of the green industry for the last 12 years. His interests include promoting holistic plant health care through development of integrated pest management solutions, developing resources to be used in educating and assisting green industry workers, and teaching. His current duties include developing scouting guides and keys, classifying images, verifying taxonomy, and developing other educational resources. |
| 137 Images of 29 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5474338 | cultivated garlic | Allium sativum | |
| 5474337 | cultivated garlic | Allium sativum | drying after harvest |
| 5474336 | cultivated garlic | Allium sativum | drying after harvest |
| 5461445 | waterlettuce | Pistia stratiotes | With Salvinia minima |
| 5445948 | waterlettuce | Pistia stratiotes | With Salvinia minima |
| 5445946 | water fern | Salvinia minima | |
| 5461444 | water fern | Salvinia minima | |
| 5461373 | Monnier waterhyssop | Bacopa monnieri | Sold at Petsmart |
| 5405466 | sweet joepyeweed | Eupatorium purpureum | |
| 5405464 | sweet joepyeweed | Eupatorium purpureum | |
| 5405465 | sweet joepyeweed | Eupatorium purpureum | |
| 5405462 | cardinalflower | Lobelia cardinalis | |
| 5405463 | cardinalflower | Lobelia cardinalis | |
| 5405460 | cardinalflower | Lobelia cardinalis | |
| 5405461 | cardinalflower | Lobelia cardinalis | |
| 5405459 | cardinalflower | Lobelia cardinalis | |
| 5405370 | water fern | Salvinia minima | on water surface...not tall plants surrounding pond |
| 5405369 | water fern | Salvinia minima | |
| 5405367 | water fern | Salvinia minima | |
| 5405368 | water fern | Salvinia minima | |
| 5405366 | water fern | Salvinia minima | Plants at overflow to the lake |
| 5405495 | Sacred lotus | Nelumbo nucifera | |
| 5405496 | Sacred lotus | Nelumbo nucifera | |
| 5405497 | Sacred lotus | Nelumbo nucifera | |
| 5405494 | Sacred lotus | Nelumbo nucifera | |
| 5394973 | moss vervain | Glandularia pulchella | |
| 5394974 | moss vervain | Glandularia pulchella | |
| 5394975 | moss vervain | Glandularia pulchella | |
| 5394972 | moss vervain | Glandularia pulchella | |
| 5394995 | larkspur | Delphinium spp. | |
| 5394977 | larkspur | Delphinium spp. | |
| 5394978 | larkspur | Delphinium spp. | |
| 5394976 | larkspur | Delphinium spp. | |
| 5394926 | pink purslane | Portulaca pilosa | |
| 5394927 | pink purslane | Portulaca pilosa | |
| 5394923 | carpetweed | Mollugo verticillata | |
| 5394924 | carpetweed | Mollugo verticillata | |
| 5394921 | carpetweed | Mollugo verticillata | |
| 5394920 | carpetweed | Mollugo verticillata | |
| 5402753 | blue vervain | Verbena hastata | |
| 5394919 | carpetweed | Mollugo verticillata | |
| 5393724 | hooded pitcherplant | Sarracenia minor | |
| 5393725 | hooded pitcherplant | Sarracenia minor | |
| 5391515 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | |
| 5391516 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | black medic |
| 5391513 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | |
| 5391514 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | |
| 5342082 | common purslane | Portulaca oleracea | |
| 5342081 | common purslane | Portulaca oleracea | |
| 5284013 | parrot feather milfoil | Myriophyllum aquaticum | growing in infestation of Salvinia minima |
| 5394994 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394997 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394993 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394992 | corn poppy | Papaver rhoeas | |
| 5394989 | plains coreopsis | Coreopsis tinctoria | |
| 5394988 | plains coreopsis | Coreopsis tinctoria | |
| 5394985 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394980 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394984 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394979 | cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | |
| 5394935 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5394933 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5394934 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5394932 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | exuding pollen in the morning |
| 5394930 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5394931 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5394938 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5394939 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5394936 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5394937 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5394928 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5394922 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5393790 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393791 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393788 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393789 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393786 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393787 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5369256 | onions | Allium spp. | |
| 5369255 | onions | Allium spp. | |
| 5391511 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5391512 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5391508 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5391509 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5391510 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5391506 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5391507 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5369237 | wild mustard | Sinapis arvensis | |
| 5375021 | showy evening-primrose | Oenothera speciosa | |
| 5375024 | showy evening-primrose | Oenothera speciosa | |
| 5342098 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | |
| 5375023 | red clover | Trifolium pratense | |
| 5343001 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5342091 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Eric Prostko at operating station on peanut harvester. Handle diverts flow of peanuts between the two bag slots |
| 5342093 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Chaff being blown out the back of a peanut harvester. Eric Prostko at the operating station. |
| 5342095 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Chaff being blown out the back of a peanut harvester. Eric Prostko at the operating station. |
| 5342094 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Chaff being blown out the back of a peanut harvester. Eric Prostko at the operating station. |
| 5342086 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Eric Prostko operating a collection station on a peanut harvester |
| 5342056 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5343012 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | cotton harvester reaching patch of Palmer amaranth in field. No yield is able to be harvested in areas with heavy infestations |
| 5343008 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5343009 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | |
| 5342099 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | the gears that drive the seperation mechanism of a peanut harvester |
| 5342097 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Harvested peanuts in bags from harvester |
| 5342096 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Three closest rows have been harvested |
| 5369238 | Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | Stanley Culpepper conducting an herbicide application in a trial to determine the levels of herbicide resistance in Palmer amaranth |
| 5342052 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Part of a research study at the University of Georgia. Ted Webster in bin. |
| 5342053 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Part of a study at University of Georgia. Ted Webster in bin. |
| 5342054 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Part of a study at University of Georgia |
| 5342067 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | workers harvesting cucumbers in research trial |
| 5342092 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | chaff being blown out the back of the peanut harvester |
| 5342090 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Tines picking up lifted peanuts |
| 5342089 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Tines of the peanut harvester will pick up the lifted plants and feed them into the machine |
| 5342088 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Operators station on a peanut harvester |
| 5342087 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Collection station on a peanut harvester |
| 5342085 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Harvester in operation. Tines pick up lifted peanut plants and feed them into the machine |
| 5342084 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Row in peanut field after harvester has collected the peanuts |
| 5342083 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Peanut plants lifted and ready for harvest |
| 5342077 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Tractor with spray boom making a pesticide application. |
| 5342076 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Tractor with spray boom beginning application in a section of the cucumber field. |
| 5342075 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Tractor with spray boom begining application in section of cucumber field |
| 5342074 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | tractor with spray boom reaching the end of a section in a cucumber field |
| 5342071 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | showing foliage, flower, and tendril |
| 5342072 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | showing foliage, flower, and tendril |
| 5342065 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | young cucumber begining to develop |
| 5342057 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | |
| 5342055 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5342047 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Cucumber planted as second crop in plastic production |
| 5342058 | livid amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | Common weed in southern cucumber field |
| 5342041 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Trailer used in harvest operations |
| 5342046 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5342048 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5342045 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5342043 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5342044 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5342042 | cucumber | Cucumis sativus | |
| 5292002 | sensitive partridgepea | Chamaecrista nictitans |

