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Controlled Plant Species

Many landscape plants are not a problem for our natural resources. However, a few are so invasive that they have completely overrun natural forests and crowded out rare and unique plants found nowhere else in the world. Each year, it costs the public thousands of dollars per acre to protect our natural areas from these exotic pest plants.

You can help by avoiding plants that are known to be invasive. The following list is reprinted from the 1996 Dade County Landscaping Manual.

Controlled Plant Species
Common Name
Species
Native Plant Communities Invaded
Orchid tree Bauhinia variegata Hammocks
Orchid tree Bauhinia purpurea Hammocks
Mast wood Calophyllum calaba -C.Inophyllum Hammocks
Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus Beaches, Sandy Pinelands/Hammocks
Pongamia pongam Derris indica Pinelands
Surinam cherry Eugenia uniflora Hammocks
Pothos Epipremnum pinnatum cv. Aureum Hammocks, Pinelands
Life plant Bryophyllum pinnatum Hammocks
Lantana Lantana camara Pinelands
Orange jessamine Murraya paniculata Hammocks
Japanese pittosporum Pittosporum tobira Pinelands
Canistel Pouteria campechiana Hammocks
Guava Psidium guajava Freshwater wetlands
Cattley guava Psidium littorale Freshwater wetlands
Oyster plant Rhoeo spathacea Pinelands, Hammocks
Bowstring Hemp Sanservieria hyacinthoides - S. trifasciata Pinelands, Hammocks
Scaevola, Half-flower Scaevola taccada var. sericea - S. frutescens; - s.sericea Beaches
Arrowhead Syngonium podophyllum Hammocks. Pinelands
Jambolan, Java plum Syzygium cumini Hammocks
Rose apple Syzygium jambos Hammocks
Tropical almond Terminalia catappa Coastal & freshwater wetlands
Puncture vine Tribulus cistoides Sandy, Pinelands, Beaches
Washington palm Washingtonia spp Coastal wetlands & beaches
Wedelia Wedelia trilobata All communities
Wandering zebrina Zebrina pendula All communities

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