Invasive Plants to Avoid
Invasive plants can be destructive to Florida’s natural environment. Join Florida’s nursery, landscape and agricultural leaders in protectingFlorida's natural resources.
The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) has urged Florida’s nursery and landscape industry to stop production, sale and use of the following plants that are widely recognized to be invasive in natural areas. FNGLA also urges gardeners and consumers to consider alternatives to these plants.
Here are the plant species on the “do not sell” list released in 2001by the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association.
| Adenanthera pavonina |
red sandalwood |
| Agave sisalana |
sisal hemp |
| Albizia lebbeck |
woman’s tongue |
| Aleurites fordii |
tung oil tree |
| Alstonia macrophylla |
devil-tree |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides * |
alligator weed |
| Anredera leptostachya |
Madeira vine |
Aristolochia littoralis |
calico flower |
Bauhinia variegate |
orchid tree |
| Bischofia javanica |
bischofia |
| Broussonetia papyrifera |
paper mulberry |
| Callisia fragrans |
inch plant |
| Casuarina cunninghamiana * |
Australian pine |
| Cereus undatus |
night-blooming cereus |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides § |
carrotwood |
| Dalbergia sissoo |
Indian rosewood |
| Enterolobium contortisliquum |
ear-pod tree |
| Flacourtia indica |
governor’s plum |
| Flueggea virosa |
Chinese waterberry |
| Hiptage benghalensis |
hiptage |
| Leucaena leucocephala |
lead tree |
| Macfadyena unguis-cati |
cat’s claw vine |
| Melia azedarach |
Chinaberry |
| Melinis minutiflora |
molasses grass |
| Merremia tuberosa |
wood-rose |
| Myriophyllum spicatum * |
Eurasian watermilfoil |
| Nephrolepis cordifolia |
sword fern |
| Ochrosia parviflora |
kopsia |
| Oeceoclades maculate |
lawn orchid |
| Passiflora foetida |
stinking passion vine |
| Psidium guajava |
guava |
| Pteris vittata |
Chinese brake fern |
| Rhoeo spathacea |
oyster plant (non-dwarf variety) |
| Rhynchelytrum repens |
Natal grass |
| Ricinus communis |
castor bean |
| Sesbania punicea |
purple sesban |
| Solanum diphyllum |
two-leaf nightshade |
| Solanum jamaicense |
Jamaica nightshade |
| Syzygium cumini |
Java plum; jambolan |
| Syzygium jambos |
rose-apple |
| Terminalia catappa |
tropical almond |
| Thespesia populnea |
seaside mahoe |
| Tribulus cistoides |
burrnut |
| Triphasia trifoliata |
limeberry |
| Urena lobata |
Caesar’s weed |
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*Prohibited by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
§ Prohibited by the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services |
