FLORIDA’S WORST WEEDS 2019
The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council’s Category 1 Invasive Exotic Plant Species List
For a complete list, including Category I and II species, in reproducible format, please visit FLEPPC.org
The 2019 list was prepared by the FLEPPC Plant List Committee:
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Nephrolepis brownii Asian sword fern C, S
(N. multiflora)
Nephrolepis cordifolia sword fern N, C, S
Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma reed F S
Nymphoides cristata crested floating heart F C, S
Paederia cruddasiana sewer vine F S
Paederia foetida skunk vine F N, C, S
Panicum repens torpedo grass N, C, S
Pistia stratiotes water-lettuce F N, C, S
Psidium cattleianum strawberry guava C, S
(P. littorale)
Psidium guajava guava C, S
Pueraria montana var. lobata kudzu F N, C, S
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa downy rose-myrtle C, S
Ruellia simplex2 Mexican-petunia N, C, S
Salvinia minima water spangles N, C, S
Scaevola taccada half-flower, beach naupaka N, C, S
(S. sericea, S. frutescens)
Schefflera actinophylla schefflera, Queensland umbrella tree C, S
(Brassaia actinophylla)
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian-pepper F N, C, S
Scleria lacustris Wright’s nutrush C, S
Scleria microcarpa* tropical nutrush C,S
Senna pendula var. glabrata Christmas cassia, Christmas senna C, S
Solanum tampicense wetland nightshade F, U C, S
Solanum viarum tropical soda apple F, U N, C, S
Sporobolus jacquemontii West Indian dropseed C, S
(S. indicus var. pyramidalis)
Syngonium podophyllum arrowhead vine N, C, S
Syzygium cumini Java-plum C, S
Tectaria incisa incised halberd fern S
Thelypteris opulenta jeweled maiden fern S
Thespesia populnea seaside mahoe C, S
Tradescantia fluminensis small-leaf spiderwort N, C
Tradescantia spathacea oyster plant C,S
Triadica sebifera Chinese tallow N,C,S
Sapium sebiferum
Urena lobata Caesar’s weed N, C, S
Urochloa mutica para grass N, C, S
(Brachiaria mutica)
Vitex rotundifolia beach vitex N
Footnotes
1. Does not include Ficus microcarpa subsp. fuyuensis, which is sold as
“Green Island Ficus.”
2. Historically this non-native has been referred to as Lantana camara,
a species not known to occur in Florida.
3. Does not include the native endemic Spermacoce neoterminalis.
4. Microsorum grossum has been previously misidentified as
Microsorum scolopendria.
* Added to the FLEPPC List of Invasive Plant Species in 2019
Plant names are those published in the Atlas of Florida Plants
(http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu). For historical species nomenclature
see “Guide to Vascular Plants of Florida Third Edition.” Wunderlin and Hansen,
University of Florida Press. 2011.
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Melaleuca quinquenervia
Melaleuca
Tony Pernas, Co-Chair 2017-2019, National Park Service, Big Cypress Natl Preserve
Dennis Giardina, Co-Chair, 2017-2019, FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Janice Duquesnel, Florida Park Service, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Alan Frank, Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences
Roger L. Hammer, Retired Naturalist and Author
John Kunzer, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
James Lange, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Kenneth Langeland, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida/IFAS, Agronomy Department
Deah Lieurance, University of Florida/IFAS, Agronomy Department
Chris Lockhart, Habitats Specialists Inc.
Jean McCollom, Natural Ecosystems
Gil Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Florida State University
Jennifer Possley, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Jimi L. Sadle, National Park Service, Everglades National Park
Dexter Sowell, Florida State University, Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)
Jessica Spencer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Arthur Stiles, Florida Park Service
Richard P. Wunderlin, Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida
Lonicera japonica
Japanese honeysuckle
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