Environmental Resources Management

Prohibited Plant Species List

The following is a list of plant species prohibited in Miami-Dade County.

• Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
• Australian Pine (Casurina equisetifolia)
• Banyan Fig (Ficus benghalensis)
• Bishopwood (Bischofia javanica)
• Brazilian Jasmine (Jasminum fluminense)
• Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius)
• Burma Reed (Cane Grass) - Neyaudia reynaudiana
• Carrotwood (Cupaniopsis anacardioides)
• Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)
• Catclaw Mimosa (Mimosa pigra)
• Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum, Lygodium microphyllum)
• Day Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum diurnum)
• Earleaf Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)
• Gold Coast Jasmine (Jasminum dichotomum)
• Governor's Plum (Flacourtia indica)
• Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo)
• Lather Leaf (Colubrina asiatica)
• Lead Tree (Leucaena leucocephala, Leucaena glauca)
• Lofty Fig (Banyan Tree) - Ficus altissima
• Laurel Fig (Banyan Tree) - Ficus microcarpa, Ficus nitida, Ficus retusa
• Mahoe (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
• Melaleuca (Punk Tree) - Melaleuca quinquenervia, Melaleuca leucadendron
• Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
• Puncture Vine (Tribulus cistoides)
• Queensland Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla, Brassaia actinophylla)
• Red Sandalwood (Adenanthera pavonina)
• Seaside Mahoe (Thespesia populnead)
• Shoebutton Ardisia (Ardisia elliptica, Ardisia humilis)
• Tropical Soda Apple (Solanum viarum)
• Woman's Tongue (Albizia lebbeck)
• Woodrose (Merremia tuberosa)