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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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5. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
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5B. Division of Plant Industry |
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5B-57. Introduction Or Release Of Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, Arthropods, And Biological Control Agents |
1(1) The following plants shall be considered noxious for the purpose of this rule chapter.
16(a) 17Abrus precatorius 19– rosary pea
22(b) 23Aeginetia 24spp. – aeginetia
27(c) 28Ageratina adenophora 30– crofton weed
33(d) 34Alectra 35spp. – alectra
38(e) 39Alternanthera philoxeroides 41– alligatorweed, green lead plant
46(f) 47Alternanthera sessilis 49– sessile joyweed
52(g) 53Ardisia crenata 55– coral ardisia
58(h) 59Ardisia elliptica 61– shoebutton ardisia
64(i) 65Asphodelus fistulosus 67– onionweed
69(j) 70Avena sterilis 72– animated oat, wild oat
77(k) 78Borreria alata 80– broadleaf buttonweed
83(l) 84Carthamus oxyacantha 86– wild safflower
89(m) 90Casuarina cunninghamiana – 93river sheoak
95(n) 96Casuarina equisetifolia 98– Australian pine
101(o) 102Casuarina glauca 104– suckering Australian pine
108(p) 109Casuarina 110spp111. 112– Australian Pine
115(q) 116Chrysopogon aciculatus 118– pilipiliula
120(r) 121Colubrina asiatica 123– latherleaf
125(s) 126Commelina benghalensis 128– benghal dayflower
131(t) 132Crassula helmsii 134- swamp stone crop
138(u) 139Crupina vulgaris 141– common crupina
144(v) 145Cupaniopsis anacardioides 147– carrotwood
149(w) 150Cuscuta 151spp. Only the native Florida species are excluded from this list. These include:
1641. 165C. americana 167– American dodder
1702. 171C. compacta 173– compact dodder
1763. 177C. exaltata 179– tall dodder
1824. 183C. 184gronovii – scaldweed
1875. 188C. indecora 190– bigseed alfalfa dodder
1946. 195C. obtusiflora 197– Peruvian dodder
2007. 201C. pentagona 203– fiveangled dodder
2068. 207C. umbellata 209– flatglobe dodder
212(x) 213Digitaria scalarum 215– African couchgrass, fingergrass
219(y) 220Digitaria velutina 222– velvet fingergrass, annual couchgrass
227(z) 228Dioscorea alata 230– winged yam
233(aa) 234Dioscorea bulbifera 236– air potato
239(bb) 240Dolichandra unguis-cati – 243cat’s claw vine
246(cc) 247Drymaria arenarioides 249– lightning weed
252(dd) 253Eichhornia 254spp255. 256– waterhyacinth
258(ee) 259Emex australis 261– three-corner jack
264(ff) 265Emex spinosa 267– devil’s thorn
270(gg) 271Euphorbia prunifolia 273– painted euphorbia
276(hh) 277Galega officinalis 279– goat’s rue
282(ii) 283Heracleum mantegazzianum 285– giant hogweed
288(jj) 289Hydrilla verticillata 291– hydrilla, Florida elodea, stargrass, oxygen grass
298(kk) 299Imperata brasiliensis 301– Brazilian satintail
304(ll) 305Imperata cylindrica 307– cogongrass
309(mm) 310Ipomoea aquatica 312– water spinach
315(nn) 316Ipomoea fistulosa 318– bush morning glory
322(oo) 323Ipomoea triloba 325– little bell, aiea morning glory
331(pp) 332Ischaemum rugosum 334– murainograss
336(qq) 337Lagarosiphon 338spp. – African elodea
342(rr) 343Leptochloa chinensis 345– Asian sprangletop
348(ss) 349Leucaena leucocephala 351– lead tree
354(tt) 355Ligustrum sinense 357– 358Chinese privet, except the cultivars ‘Variegatum’ and Sunshine’
366(uu) 367Limnocharis flava 369– Sawah flowing rush
373(vv) 374Lonicera japonica 376– Japanese honeysuckle
379(ww) 380Lycium ferocissimum 382– African boxthorn
385(xx386) Lygodium japonicum 389– Japanese climbing fern
393(yy) 394Lygodium microphyllum 396– small-leaved climbing fern
400(zz) 401Lythrum salicaria 403– purple loosestrife
406(aaa) 407Melaleuca quinquenervia 409– melaleuca
411(bbb) 412Melastoma malabathricum 414– Indian rhododendron
417(ccc) 418Mikania cordata 420– mile-a-minute
422(ddd) 423Mikania micrantha 425– climbing hempweed
428(eee) 429Mimosa invisa 431– giant sensitive plant
435(fff) 436Mimosa pigra 438– catclaw mimosa
441(ggg) 442Monochoria hastata 444– arrow leaf false pickerelweed
449(hhh) 450Monochoria vaginalis 452– heartshape false pickerelweed
456(iii) 457Myriophyllum spicatum 459– Eurasian watermilfoil
462(jjj) 463Nassella trichotoma 465– serrated tussock
468(kkk) 469Nechamandra alternifolia 471– Indian oxygen-weed
474(lll) 475Neyraudia reynaudiana 477– burma reed
480(mmm) 481Nymphoides cristata 483– 484crested floating heart
487(nnn) 488Nymphoides peltata 490– 491yellow floating heart
494(ooo) 495Opuntia aurantiaca 497– jointed prickly pear
501(ppp) 502Orobanche 503spp. – broomrapes, with the exception of O. uniflora – oneflowered broomrape.
515(qqq) 516Oryza longistaminata 518– red rice
521(rrr) 522Oryza punctata 524– red rice
527(sss) 528Oryza rufipogon 530– wild red rice
534(ttt) 535Paederia cruddasiana 537– sewer-vine
539(uuu) 540Paederia foetida 542– skunk-vine
544(vvv) 545Paspalum scrobiculatum 547– kodomillet
549(www) 550Pennisetum clandestinum 552– kikuyu grass
555(xxx) 556Pennisetum macrourum 558– African feathergrass
561(yyy) 562Pennisetum pedicellatum 564– kyasuma grass
567(zzz) 568Pennisetum polystachyon 570– missiongrass, thin napiergrass
574(aaaa) 575Pontederia rotundifolia 577– tropical pickerelweed
580(bbbb) 581Prosopis 582spp. – mesquite
585(cccc) 586Pueraria montana 588– kudzu
590(dddd) 591Rhodomyrtus tomentosa 593– downy rosemyrtle
596(eeee) 597Rottboellia cochinchinensis 599– itchgrass
601(ffff) 602Rubus fruticosus 604– bramble blackberry
607(gggg) 608Rubus molluccanus 610– wild raspberry
613(hhhh) 614Saccharum spontaneum 616– wild sugarcane
619(iiii) 620Salsola vermiculata 622– wormleaf salsola
625(jjjj) 626Salvinia 627spp628.629(excluding 630S. minima 632– watermoss
634(kkkk) 635Sapium sebiferum 637– Chinese tallow tree
641(llll) 642Scaevola taccada 644– beach naupaka
647(mmmm) 648Schinus terebinthifolius 650– Brazilian pepper-tree
653(nnnn) 654Setaria pallidefusca 656– cattail grass
659(oooo) 660Solanum tampicense 662– wetland nightshade
665(pppp) 666Solanum torvum 668– turkeyberry
670(qqqq) 671Solanum viarum 673– tropical soda apple
677(rrrr) 678Sparganium erectum 680– exotic bur-reed
683(ssss) 684Stratiotes aloides 686– water-aloe, soldier-plant
689(tttt) 690Trapa 691spp. – water chestnut
695(uuuu) 696Tridax procumbens 698– coat buttons
701(vvvv) 702Urochloa panicoides 704– liverseed grass
707(wwww) 708Vitex rotundifolia 710– beach vitex
713(xxxx) 714Vossia cuspidata 716– hippo grass
719(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 762581.031, 763581.131 764and 765581.145, F.S., 767and 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.
809(a) 810Hygrophila polysperma 812– hygro
814(b) 815Limnophila sessiliflora 817– ambulia
819(c) 820Pistia stratiotes 822- waterlettuce
824(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.
859Rulemaking Authority 861369.25, 862369.251, 863570.07(23), 864581.031(4), 865(5) 866Law Implemented 868369.25, 869369.251, 870581.031(4), 871(5), (6), 873581.083, 874581.091 875History–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.
