Florida Administrative Code
5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
5B - Division of Plant Industry
Chapter 5B-57 - INTRODUCTION OR RELEASE OF PLANT PESTS, NOXIOUS WEEDS, ARTHROPODS, AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS
Section 5B-57.007 - Noxious Weed List
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 5B-57.007
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) The following plants shall be considered noxious for the purpose of this rule chapter.
(a)
Abrus precatorius -
rosary pea
(b)
Aeginetia spp. - aeginetia
(c)
Ageratina adenophora -
crofton weed
(d)
Alectra spp. - alectra
(e)
Alternanthera
philoxeroides - alligatorweed, green lead plant
(f)
Alternanthera sessilis -
sessile joyweed
(g)
Ardisia
crenata - coral ardisia
(h)
Ardisia elliptica -
shoebutton ardisia
(i)
Asphodelus fistulosus - onionweed
(j)
Avena sterilis -
animated oat, wild oat
(k)
Borreria alata - broadleaf buttonweed
(l)
Carthamus oxyacantha -
wild safflower
(m)
Casuarina cunninghamiana - river sheoak
(n)
Casuarina equisetifolia
- Australian pine
(o)
Casuarina glauca - suckering Australian pine
(p)
Casuarina
spp. - Australian Pine
(q)
Chrysopogon aciculatus -
pilipiliula
(r)
Colubrina
asiatica - latherleaf
(s)
Commelina benghalensis - benghal dayflower
(t)
Crassula helmsii - swamp
stone crop
(u)
Crupina
vulgaris - common crupina
(v)
Cupaniopsis
anacardioides - carrotwood
(w)
Cuscuta spp. Only the
native Florida species are excluded from this list. These include:
1. C. americana - American
dodder
2. C.
compacta - compact dodder
3. C. exaltata - tall
dodder
4. C. gronovii -
scaldweed
5. C.
indecora - bigseed alfalfa dodder
6. C. obtusiflora -
Peruvian dodder
7. C.
pentagona - fiveangled dodder
8. C. umbellata - flatglobe
dodder
(x)
Digitaria scalarum - African couchgrass, fingergrass
(y)
Digitaria velutina -
velvet fingergrass, annual couchgrass
(z)
Dioscorea alata - winged
yam
(aa)
Dioscorea
bulbifera - air potato
(bb)
Dolichandra unguis-cati
- cat's claw vine
(cc)
Drymaria arenarioides - lightning weed
(dd)
Eichhornia spp. -
waterhyacinth
(ee)
Emex
australis - three-corner jack
(ff)
Emex spinosa - devil's
thorn
(gg)
Euphorbia
prunifolia - painted euphorbia
(hh)
Galega officinalis -
goat's rue
(ii)
Heracleum
mantegazzianum - giant hogweed
(jj)
Hydrilla verticillata -
hydrilla, Florida elodea, stargrass, oxygen grass
(kk)
Imperata brasiliensis -
Brazilian satintail
(ll)
Imperata cylindrica - cogongrass
(mm)
Ipomoea aquatica -
water spinach
(nn)
Ipomoea
fistulosa - bush morning glory
(oo)
Ipomoea triloba -
little bell, aiea morning glory
(pp)
Ischaemum rugosum -
murainograss
(qq)
Lagarosiphon spp. - African elodea
(rr)
Leptochloa chinensis -
Asian sprangletop
(ss)
Leucaena leucocephala - lead tree
(tt)
Ligustrum sinense -
Chinese privet, except the cultivars 'Variegatum' and Sunshine'
(uu)
Limnocharis flava -
Sawah flowing rush
(vv)
Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle
(ww)
Lycium ferocissimum -
African boxthorn
(xx)
Lygodium japonicum - Japanese climbing fern
(yy)
Lygodium microphyllum -
small-leaved climbing fern
(zz)
Lythrum salicaria - purple loosestrife
(aaa)
Melaleuca
quinquenervia - melaleuca
(bbb)
Melastoma
malabathricum - Indian rhododendron
(ccc)
Mikania cordata -
mile-a-minute
(ddd)
Mikania
micrantha - climbing hempweed
(eee)
Mimosa invisa - giant
sensitive plant
(fff)
Mimosa pigra - catclaw mimosa
(ggg)
Monochoria hastata -
arrow leaf false pickerelweed
(hhh)
Monochoria vaginalis - heartshape false pickerelweed
(iii)
Myriophyllum spicatum
- Eurasian watermilfoil
(jjj)
Nassella trichotoma - serrated tussock
(kkk)
Nechamandra
alternifolia - Indian oxygen-weed
(lll)
Neyraudia reynaudiana
- burma reed
(mmm)
Nymphoides cristata - crested floating heart
(nnn)
Nymphoides peltata -
yellow floating heart
(ooo)
Opuntia aurantiaca - jointed prickly pear
(ppp)
Orobanche spp. -
broomrapes, with the exception of O. uniflora - oneflowered
broomrape.
(qqq)
Oryza
longistaminata - red rice
(rrr)
Oryza punctata - red
rice
(sss)
Oryza
rufipogon - wild red rice
(ttt)
Paederia cruddasiana -
sewer-vine
(uuu)
Paederia
foetida - skunk-vine
(vvv)
Paspalum scrobiculatum - kodomillet
(www)
Pennisetum
clandestinum - kikuyu grass
(xxx)
Pennisetum macrourum -
African feathergrass
(yyy)
Pennisetum pedicellatum - kyasuma grass
(zzz)
Pennisetum
polystachyon - missiongrass, thin napiergrass
(aaaa)
Pontederia
rotundifolia - tropical pickerelweed
(bbbb)
Prosopis spp. -
mesquite
(cccc)
Pueraria
montana - kudzu
(dddd)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa - downy rosemyrtle
(eeee)
Rottboellia
cochinchinensis - itchgrass
(ffff)
Rubus fruticosus -
bramble blackberry
(gggg)
Rubus molluccanus - wild raspberry
(hhhh)
Saccharum spontaneum
- wild sugarcane
(iiii)
Salsola vermiculata - wormleaf salsola
(jjjj)
Salvinia
spp.(excluding S. minima - watermoss
(kkkk)
Sapium sebiferum -
Chinese tallow tree
(llll)
Scaevola taccada - beach naupaka
(mmmm)
Schinus
terebinthifolius - Brazilian pepper-tree
(nnnn)
Setaria pallidefusca
- cattail grass
(oooo)
Solanum tampicense - wetland nightshade
(pppp)
Solanum torvum -
turkeyberry
(qqqq)
Solanum
viarum - tropical soda apple
(rrrr)
Sparganium erectum -
exotic bur-reed
(ssss)
Stratiotes aloides - water-aloe, soldier-plant
(tttt)
Trapa spp. - water
chestnut
(uuuu)
Tridax
procumbens - coat buttons
(vvvv)
Urochloa panicoides -
liverseed grass
(wwww)
Vitex rotundifolia - beach vitex
(xxxx)
Vossia cuspidata -
hippo grass
(2) Prohibited Aquatic Plants - These species are considered to be highly invasive and noxious in localized areas of the State of Florida. These plants may be cultured in a nursery regulated by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to Sections 581.031, 581.131 and 581.145, F.S., and shall only be sold out of state upon approval by the department. These species shall not be imported or collected from the wild. They must be contained in such a manner so as to prevent the dissemination from the nursery premises.
(a)
Hygrophila polysperma -
hygro
(b)
Limnophila
sessiliflora - ambulia
(c)
Pistia stratiotes - waterlettuce
(3) The noxious weed list and the prohibited aquatic plant list comprises the most recent and accepted scientific and common names of the prohibited plant species. However, the prohibited status also applies to any synonyms.
Rulemaking Authority 369.25, 369.251, 570.07(23), 581.031(4), (5) Law Implemented 369.25, 369.251, 581.031(4), (5), (6), 581.083, 581.091
New 7-27-93, Amended 2-28-94, 6-30-96, 7-7-99, 10-1-06, 7-29-13, 7-21-14, 12-25-16, 9-28-20.
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