PlantLegitFlorida: invasive & noxious plant laws
FDACS rule 5B-57.007 lists Florida noxious weeds and prohibited aquatic plants. Listed plants may not be introduced, possessed, moved or released without a permit (Ch. 5B-57). Separately, FWC regulates aquatic plants under rule 68F-20.
Official sources
- Fla. Admin. Code R. 5B-57.007 Noxious Weed List
- Cornell LII text of 5B-57.007
- Federal Noxious Weed List, 7 CFR § 360.200 (USDA APHIS) — applies in every state
Noxious weed (5B-57.007(1)) (102)
| Scientific name | Common name / notes |
|---|---|
| Abrus precatorius | rosary pea |
| Aeginetia spp. | aeginetia |
| Ageratina adenophora | crofton weed |
| Alectra spp. | alectra |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | alligatorweed, green lead plant |
| Alternanthera sessilis | sessile joyweed |
| Ardisia crenata | coral ardisia |
| Ardisia elliptica | shoebutton ardisia |
| Asphodelus fistulosus | onionweed |
| Avena sterilis | animated oat, wild oat |
| Borreria alata | broadleaf buttonweed |
| Carthamus oxyacantha | wild safflower |
| Casuarina cunninghamiana | river sheoak |
| Casuarina equisetifolia | Australian pine |
| Casuarina glauca | suckering Australian pine |
| Casuarina spp . | Australian Pine |
| Chrysopogon aciculatus | pilipiliula |
| Colubrina asiatica | latherleaf |
| Commelina benghalensis | benghal dayflower |
| Crassula helmsii | swamp stone crop |
| Crupina vulgaris | common crupina |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides | carrotwood |
| Cuscuta spp. (except the 8 native Florida species: C. americana, compacta, exaltata, gronovii, indecora, obtusiflora, pentagona, umbellata) | dodders |
| Digitaria scalarum | African couchgrass, fingergrass |
| Digitaria velutina | velvet fingergrass, annual couchgrass |
| Dioscorea alata | winged yam |
| Dioscorea bulbifera | air potato |
| Dolichandra unguis-cati | cat's claw vine |
| Drymaria arenarioides | lightning weed |
| Eichhornia spp. | waterhyacinth |
| Emex australis | three-corner jack |
| Emex spinosa | devil's thorn |
| Euphorbia prunifolia | painted euphorbia |
| Galega officinalis | goat's rue |
| Heracleum mantegazzianum | giant hogweed |
| Hydrilla verticillata | hydrilla, Florida elodea, stargrass, oxygen grass |
| Imperata brasiliensis | Brazilian satintail |
| Imperata cylindrica | cogongrass |
| Ipomoea aquatica | water spinach |
| Ipomoea fistulosa | bush morning glory |
| Ipomoea triloba | little bell, aiea morning glory |
| Ischaemum rugosum | murainograss |
| Lagarosiphon spp. | African elodea |
| Leptochloa chinensis | Asian sprangletop |
| Leucaena leucocephala | lead tree |
| Ligustrum sinense | Chinese privet, except the cultivars 'Variegatum' and Sunshine' |
| Limnocharis flava | Sawah flowing rush |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle |
| Lycium ferocissimum | African boxthorn |
| Lygodium japonicum | Japanese climbing fern |
| Lygodium microphyllum | small-leaved climbing fern |
| Lythrum salicaria | purple loosestrife |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia | melaleuca |
| Melastoma malabathricum | Indian rhododendron |
| Mikania cordata | mile-a-minute |
| Mikania micrantha | climbing hempweed |
| Mimosa invisa | giant sensitive plant |
| Mimosa pigra | catclaw mimosa |
| Monochoria hastata | arrow leaf false pickerelweed |
| Monochoria vaginalis | heartshape false pickerelweed |
| Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian watermilfoil |
| Nassella trichotoma | serrated tussock |
| Nechamandra alternifolia | Indian oxygen-weed |
| Neyraudia reynaudiana | burma reed |
| Nymphoides cristata | crested floating heart |
| Nymphoides peltata | yellow floating heart |
| Opuntia aurantiaca | jointed prickly pear |
| Orobanche spp. | broomrapes, with the exception of O. uniflora - oneflowered broomrape. |
| Oryza longistaminata | red rice |
| Oryza punctata | red rice |
| Oryza rufipogon | wild red rice |
| Paederia cruddasiana | sewer-vine |
| Paederia foetida | skunk-vine |
| Paspalum scrobiculatum | kodomillet |
| Pennisetum clandestinum | kikuyu grass |
| Pennisetum macrourum | African feathergrass |
| Pennisetum pedicellatum | kyasuma grass |
| Pennisetum polystachyon | missiongrass, thin napiergrass |
| Pontederia rotundifolia | tropical pickerelweed |
| Prosopis spp. | mesquite |
| Pueraria montana | kudzu |
| Rhodomyrtus tomentosa | downy rosemyrtle |
| Rottboellia cochinchinensis | itchgrass |
| Rubus fruticosus | bramble blackberry |
| Rubus molluccanus | wild raspberry |
| Saccharum spontaneum | wild sugarcane |
| Salsola vermiculata | wormleaf salsola |
| Salvinia spp.(excluding S. minima | watermoss |
| Sapium sebiferum | Chinese tallow tree |
| Scaevola taccada | beach naupaka |
| Schinus terebinthifolius | Brazilian pepper-tree |
| Setaria pallidefusca | cattail grass |
| Solanum tampicense | wetland nightshade |
| Solanum torvum | turkeyberry |
| Solanum viarum | tropical soda apple |
| Sparganium erectum | exotic bur-reed |
| Stratiotes aloides | water-aloe, soldier-plant |
| Trapa spp. | water chestnut |
| Tridax procumbens | coat buttons |
| Urochloa panicoides | liverseed grass |
| Vitex rotundifolia | beach vitex |
| Vossia cuspidata | hippo grass |
Prohibited aquatic plant (5B-57.007(2)) (3)
| Scientific name | Common name / notes |
|---|---|
| Hygrophila polysperma | hygro |
| Limnophila sessiliflora | ambulia |
| Pistia stratiotes | waterlettuce |
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