{"id":2637,"date":"2022-06-17T18:26:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/southwest\/?page_id=2637"},"modified":"2022-06-17T18:26:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:26:16","slug":"invasive-herbaceous-plants-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/southwest\/invasive-herbaceous-plants-in-south-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Herbaceous Plants in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>FISC Category I \u2013 Herbaceous Plants<\/h1>\n<p>Click the species name to learn more about its identification, impacts on the environment, and methods of control[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2642&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/lygodium-microphyllum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old World Climbing Fern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lygodium microphyllum<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2643&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/lygodium-japonicum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese Climbing Fern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lygodium japonicum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2653&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/eichhornia-crassipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Hyacinth<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eichornia crassipes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2654&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.ifas.ufl.edu\/assessments\/syngonium-podophyllum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrowhead Vine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Syngonium podophyllum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2655&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/abrus-precatorius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosary Pea<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Abrus precatorius<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2657&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/hydrilla-verticillata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hydrilla<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hydrilla verticillata<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2666&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/colocasia-esculenta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild Taro, Coco Yam, Dasheen<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Colocasia esculenta<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2669&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/pueraria-montana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kudzu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pueraria montana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2671&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.ifas.ufl.edu\/assessments\/tradescantia-spathacea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oyster Plant, Moses-In-The-Cradle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tradescantia spathacea<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2644&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/dioscorea-bulbifera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Potato<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dioscorea bulbifera<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2645&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/dioscorea-alata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winged Yam<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dioscorea alata<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2659&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/hygrophila-polysperma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Indian Hygrophila, Green Hygro, Miramar Weed<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hygrophila polysperma<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2661&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/solanum-viarum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tropical Soda Apple<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Solanum viarum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2662&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.ifas.ufl.edu\/assessments\/solanum-tampicense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aquatic Soda Apple, Wetland Night Shade<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Solanum tampicense<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2665&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/pistia-stratiotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Lettuce<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pistia stratiotes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2676&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/dolichandra-unguis-cati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cat&#8217;s Claw Vine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dolichandra unguis-cati<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2672&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/jasminum-dichotomum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gold Coast Jasmine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jasminum dichotomum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2673&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/jasminum-fluminense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazilian Jasmine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Jasminum fluminense<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2647&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/urena-lobata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caesar&#8217;s Weed<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Urena lobata<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2650&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/nephrolepis-cordifolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuberous Sword Fern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nephrolepis cordifolia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2652&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.ifas.ufl.edu\/assessments\/nephrolepis-brownii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Sword Fern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nephrolepis brownii<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2675&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; label=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ifas.ufl.edu\/plant-directory\/ruellia-simplex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexican Petunia, Britton&#8217;s Wild Petunia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ruellia simplex<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2681&#8243; 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