Florida Keys Invasive Species Task Force Species Information
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| Subject Name | Scientific Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| tropical soda apple | Solanum viarum Dunal | Shrub or Subshrub |
| melaleuca | Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) Blake | Hardwood Trees |
| air-potato | Dioscorea bulbifera L. | Vines |
| largeleaf lantana | Lantana camara L. | Shrub or Subshrub |
| chinaberry | Melia azedarach L. | Hardwood Trees |
| torpedograss | Panicum repens L. | Grass or Grasslike |
| Australian-pine | Casuarina equisetifolia L. | Hardwood Trees |
| Brazilian peppertree | Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi | Hardwood Trees |
| sisal | Agave sisalana Perrine | Forbs/Herbs |
| earleaf acacia | Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunningham ex Benth. | Shrub or Subshrub |
| red beadtree | Adenanthera pavonina L | Hardwood Trees |
| woman's tongue tree | Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth | Hardwood Trees |
| shoebutton ardisia | Ardisia elliptica Thunb | Hardwood Trees |
| Chinese violet | Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders | Vines |
| mountain ebony | Bauhinia variegata L | Shrub or Subshrub |
| paper-mulberry | Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent. | Hardwood Trees |
| river sheoak | Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. | Hardwood Trees |
| gray sheoak | Casuarina glauca Sieb. ex Spreng | Hardwood Trees |
| Scottish asphodel | Clusia rosea Jacq | Hardwood Trees |
| Asian nakedwood | Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn. | Hardwood Trees |
| Madagascar rubbervine | Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Dcne. | Vines |
| carrotwood | Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A. Rich.) Radlk. | Hardwood Trees |
| Japanese dodder | Cuscuta japonica Choisy | Vines |
| crowfootgrass | Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd | Grass or Grasslike |
| aroma | Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. | Hardwood Trees |
| centipede tongavine | Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl | Vines |
| council tree | Ficus altissima Blume | Hardwood Trees |
| sea hibiscus | Talipariti tiliaceum var. tiliaceum L. | Shrub or Subshrub |
| white leadtree | Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit | Hardwood Trees |
| natalgrass | Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka | Grass or Grasslike |
| Spanish arborvine | Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle | Vines |
| Chinese box | Murraya exotica L. | Hardwood Trees |
| Asian swordfern | Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam. | Forbs/Herbs |
| burmareed | Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex A.S. Hitchc. | Grass or Grasslike |
| monk orchid | Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. | Forbs/Herbs |
| elephant grass | Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher | Grass or Grasslike |
| crimson fountaingrass | Pennisetum setaceum (Forsk.) Chiov. | Grass or Grasslike |
| iguanatail | Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce | Forbs/Herbs |
| octopus tree | Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) H.A.T. Harms | Hardwood Trees |
| beach naupaka | Scaevola taccada Vahl | Shrub or Subshrub |
| Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye | Sphagneticola trilobata (L.C. Rich.) Pruski | Vines |
| Java plum | Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels | Hardwood Trees |
| troipical almond | Terminalia catappa L. | Shrub or Subshrub |
| portia tree | Thespesia populnea (L.) Soland. ex Correa | Hardwood Trees |
| Jamaica feverplant | Tribulus cistoides L. | Vines |
| boatlily | Tradescantia spathacea Sw. | Forbs/Herbs |
| guineagrass | Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) R. Webster | Grass or Grasslike |
| trumpet-tree | Tabebuia spp. Gomes ex DC. | Hardwood Trees |
| sapodilla | Manilkara zapota (L.) van Royen | Hardwood Trees |
| papaya | Carica papaya L. | Hardwood Trees |
| Madagascar periwinkle | Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don | Shrub or Subshrub |
| simpleleaf chastetree | Vitex trifolia L. | Vines |
| St. Augustinegrass | Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze | Grass or Grasslike |
| nettleleaf velvetberry | Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims | Shrub or Subshrub |
| guava | Psidium spp. L. | Shrub or Subshrub |
| nightblooming cactus | Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. & Rose | Forbs/Herbs |
| date palm | Phoenix spp. L. | Palms |
| widow's-thrill | Kalanchoe spp. Adans. | Forbs/Herbs |
| Japanese lawn grass | Zoysia japonica Steud. | Grass or Grasslike |
| trumpetflower | Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth | Hardwood Trees |
| ramgoat dashalong | Turnera ulmifolia L. | Shrub or Subshrub |
| spiderwort | Tradescantia spp. L. | Forbs/Herbs |
| Sprenger's asparagus fern | Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop | Shrub or Subshrub |
| tamarind | Tamarindus indica L. | Hardwood Trees |
| Chinese banyan | Ficus microcarpa L. f. | Hardwood Trees |
| gregorywood | Bucida buceras L. | Hardwood Trees |
| purple bushbean | Macroptilium atropurpureum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Urb. | Forbs/Herbs |
| scarletbush | Hamelia patens Jacq. | Hardwood Trees |
| wild bushbean | Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb. | Forbs/Herbs |
| yellow necklacepod | Sophora tomentosa var. occidentalis (L.) Isely | Hardwood Trees |