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Weeds and Invasive Plants


Weeds are simply plants in the wrong place, but invasive plants are harmful to Florida’s ecology.

  • Air Potato
  • Australian Pine
  • Bad Berries
  • Brazilian Peppertree
  • Camphor Tree
  • Cassia Confusion
  • Cat’s Claw
  • Chinaberry
  • Chinese Tallow
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  • Plant This, Not That
  • Plant This, Not That – Part Two
  • Removing Invasive Plants
  • Silverthorn
  • Spider Plant*
  • Surinam Cherry
  • Sweet Autumn Clematis
  • Tropical Soda Apple
  • Wedelia
  • Wild Taro
  • Wisteria
  • Chamberbitter
  • Crabgrass
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  • Reading the Weeds
  • Removing Problematic Vines
  • Weeding

*These plants are predicted to become invasive by the UF/IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas and are no longer recommended.

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