Rockland's Fact Sheets

This page contains Fact Sheets compiled by Cornell Cooperative Extension Rockland County.

More Fact Sheets will be made available online soon.

Fact Sheets by Topic Area

Clicking on the topic areas in this list will jump you to the corresponding section below.

• Environment and Gardening

• Houseplants

• Indoor Pests

• Flowers and Grasses

• Wildlife

• Vegetable Gardening

• Lawns and Ground Cover

• Trees and Shrubs

• Water Quality & Stormwater Conservation

• Hudson River Fish Advisory

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Environment and Gardening

• Composting
• Leave the Leaves - Leaf Composting
• Winter Composting
• Conserve Water with Xeriscape Landscaping
• Energy-Saving Landscaping
• Grasscycling
• Green Roofs
• Landscaping - Low Maintenance
• Landscaping -Plants for Shady Areas
• Rain Barrels
• Rain Garden, Installing a
• Vermicomposting
• Water-wise Gardening
• Improving Soil Drainage
• Natural & Organic Fertilizers
• Local Sources for Organic Materials in Rockland County
• Mulches
• Dealing with Deer & Deer Resistant Plants
• Alternative Ice Melters
• Winter Sowing
• Invasive Species

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Houseplants

• House Plant-Environmental Problems
• House Plant-Pest Management
• Poisonous Household Plants

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Indoor Pests

• Ants in Houses
• Bed Bugs (for more resources, check out our webpage on Bed Bugs)
• Carpenter Ants
• Carpenter Bees
• Carpet Beetles
• Choosing a Pest Management Service
• Indian Meal Moth
• Insects & Firewood
• Landscape Insects -Indoor
• Social Wasps, Hornets and Yellow Jackets
• Stink Bug
• Termites
• Termites, Inspecting for

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Flowers and Grasses

• Butterfly Garden
• Ornamental Grasses
• Perennials for Rockland
• Rose Care

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Lawns and Ground Cover

• Ground Covers
• Growing Turf Under Shaded Conditions
• Lawn Care
• Lawn Care without Pesticides
• Soil pH, Correcting
Spring Lawn Care
• Plants for a Low Maintenance Landscape
• Fertilizer Law Brochure

Wildlife

• Chipmunks
• Deer
• Is there a Mouse in Your House?
• Snakes in Rockland
• Woodchucks
• Woodpeckers

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Vegetable Gardening

• Container Gardening-Outdoors
• Grow-Light Stand Plans
• Starting Garden Seeds Indoors
• Vegetable Garden,Beginning a
• Vegetable Gardening-Fall
• Vegetable Planting Guide
• Vegetables -Disease Management
• Vegetables -Insect Management

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Trees and Shrubs

• Emerald Ash Borer
• Hydrangeas
• Insects & Firewood
• Landscaping - Spacing Plants
• Maple Decline
• Pests of Broad-leaved Evergreens
• Surfacing Tree Roots
• Trees & Shrubs -Fertilizing
• Trees & Shrubs-Planting
• Trees & Shrubs -Pruning
• Trees & Shrubs -Storm Damage
• Trees & Shrubs -Transplanting
• Trees & Shrubs -Winter Protection

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Water Quality & Stormwater Conservation

• Environmental Educators of Rockland- Volunteer Opportunities
• Illicit Discharges- Stormwater Consortium Brochure
• Don't Dump to Storm Drains (English & Spanish) 
• Harmful Algae Blooms in Rockland County
• Stormwater Consortium- Construction Site Erosion Sediment Controls
• Keep your Business Property Clean & Safe Brochure
• Rockland County Storm Drain Marking Program
• Don't Flush the Wipes (English-Spanish)
• Only Rain Down the Drain
• Pet Waste (English & Spanish)
• "What's in our Waters?" Water Quality brochure for kids
• The Homeowner’s Lawn Care and Water Quality Almanac

• SCRC’s Stormwater Public Service Announcements:

  • Check out our "Leave the Leaves" Webcast on Fall Lawn Care & Stormwater Runoff
  • See our "Halt that Salt" webcast on Winter Weather and Water Quality Safety
• NYSDOT’s Illicit Stormwater Discharges
• Clean Streets = Clean Streams
• CU-Structural Soil™-safely bear pavement loads after compaction and still allow root penetration and tree growth
• Primer on Woody Shrubs for Stormwater Retention Practices from Cornell University School of Integrative Plant Science
• Streamside & Shoreline Protections
• Best Management Practices for NYS Golf Courses
• NYSDEC’s Stormwater Guidance Manual for Local Officials
• Stormwater Management Guide for Planning Board Members
• Urban Horticulture Institute Blog
• Center for Watershed Protection IDDE Guidance Manual

Hudson River Fish Advisory

• NYS Department of Health- Fish Advisory Publications (multiple languages)
• Rockland County Fishing Water Advisory

Last updated July 10, 2025