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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: September 9, 2020) |
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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 |
1The following plants shall be considered noxious for the purpose of this rule chapter.
15(1) Parasitic Weeds.
18(a) Aeginetia spp. – Aeginetia
23(b) Alectra spp. – Alectra
28(c) Cuscuta spp. Only the native Florida species are excluded from this list. These include:
431. C. americana
462. C. compacta
493. C. exaltata
524. C. gronovii
555. C. indecora
586. C. obtusiflora
617. C. pentagona
648. C. umbellata
67(d) Orobanche spp. – broomrapes, with the exception of O. uniflora – oneflowered broomrape.
81(2) Terrestrial Weeds.
84(a) Ageratina adenophora – crofton weed
90(b) Alternanthera sessilis – sessile joyweed
96(c) Abrus precatorius – rosary pea
102(d) Ardisia crenata – coral ardisia
108(e) Ardisia elliptica – shoebutton ardisia
114(f) Asphodelus fistulosus – onionweed
119(g) Avena sterilis – animated oat, wild oat
127(h) Borreria alata – broadleaf buttonweed
133(i) Carthamus oxyacantha – wild safflower
139(j) Casuarina equisetifolia – Australian pine
145(k) Casuarina glauca – suckering Australian pine
152(l) Chrysopogon aciculatus – pilipiliula
157(m) Colubrina asiatica – latherleaf
162(n) Commelina benghalensis – Benghal dayflower
168(o) Crupina vulgaris – common crupina
174(p) Cupaniopsis anacardioides – carrotwood
179(q) Digitaria scalarum – African couchgrass, fingergrass
186(r) Digitaria velutina – velvet fingergrass, annual couchgrass
194(s) Dioscorea alata – white yam
200(t) Dioscorea bulbifera – air potato
206(u) Drymaria arenarioides – lightning weed
212(v) Emex australis – three-corner jack
218(w) Emex spinosa – devil’s thorn
224(x) Euphorbia prunifolia – painted euphorbia
230(y) Galega officinalis – goat’s rue
236(z) Heracleum mantegazzianum – giant hogweed
242(aa) Imperata brasiliensis – Brazilian satintail
248(bb) Imperata cylindrica – cogongrass
253(cc) Ipomoea triloba – little bell, aiea morning glory
262(dd) Ischaemum rugosum – murainograss
267(ee) Leptochloa chinensis – Asian sprangletop
273(ff) Leucaena leucocephala – lead tree
279(gg) Ligustrum sinense 282– 283Chinese privet, except the cultivars ‘Variegatum’ and Sunshine’
291(hh) Lycium ferocissimum – African boxthorn
297(ii) Lygodium japonicum – Japanese climbing fern
304(jj) Lygodium microphyllum – small-leaved climbing fern
311(kk) Melaleuca quinquenervia – melaleuca
316(ll) Melastoma malabathricum – Indian rhododendron.
322(mm) Mikania cordata – mile-a-minute
327(nn) Mikania micrantha – climbing hempweed
333(oo) Mimosa invisa – giant sensitive plant
340(pp) Mimosa pigra – catclaw mimosa
346(qq) Nassella trichotoma – serrated tussock
352(rr) Neyraudia reynaudiana – Burma reed
358(ss) Nymphoides cristata 361– 362crested floating heart
365(tt) Nymphoides peltata 368– 369yellow floating heart
372(uu) Opuntia aurantiaca – jointed prickly pear
379(vv) Oryza longistaminata – red rice
385(ww) Oryza punctata – red rice
391(xx) Oryza rufipogon – wild red rice
398(yy) Paederia cruddasiana – sewer-vine
403(zz) Paederia foetida – skunk-vine
408(aaa) Paspalum scrobiculatum – Kodomillet
413(bbb) Pennisetum clandestinum – Kikuyu grass
419(ccc) Pennisetum macrourum – African feathergrass
425(ddd) Pennisetum pedicellatum – Kyasuma grass
431(eee) Pennisetum polystachyon – missiongrass, thin napiergrass
438(fff) Prosopis spp.
441(ggg) Pueraria montana – kudzu
446(hhh) Rhodomyrtus tomentosa – downy myrtle
452(iii) Rottboellia cochinchinensis – itchgrass
457(jjj) Rubus fruticosus – bramble blackberry
463(kkk) Rubus molluccanus – wild raspberry
469(lll) Saccharum spontaneum – wild sugarcane
475(mmm) Salsola vermiculata – wormleaf salsola
481(nnn) Sapium sebiferum – Chinese tallow tree
488(ooo) Scaevola taccada – beach naupaka
494(ppp) Schinus terebinthifolius – Brazilian pepper-tree
500(qqq) Setaria pallidefusca – cattail grass
506(rrr) Solanum tampicense – wetland nightshade
512(sss) Solanum torvum – turkeyberry
517(ttt) Solanum viarum – tropical soda apple
524(uuu) Tridax procumbens – coat buttons
530(vvv) Urochloa panicoides – liverseed grass
536Rulemaking Authority 538570.07539(23), 540581.031(4), 541(5) 542FS. Law Implemented 545581.031(4), 546(5), (6), 548581.083, 549581.091 FS. 551History–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.