Some Native & Invasive Plants in the Central Florida District - Florida Invasive Plant Education Initiative & Curriculum

Central Florida: 12 Native and Invasive Plants

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Native Plants buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis flat sedge Cyperus odoratus frog's-bit Limnobium spongia southern naiad Najas guadalupensis fragrant water lily Nymphaea odorato common reed Phragmites australis pickerelweed Pontedaria cordata duck potato Sagittaria lancifolia soft-stem bulrush Scirpus validus duckweeds Spirodela polyrhiza, Lemna valdivia, Wolffiella floridana, Wolffia columbiana cat-tails Typha species tape grass Vallisneria americana

Invasive Plants Australian pine Casuarina equisetifolia air-potato Dioscorea bulbifera water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata East Indian hygrophila Hygrophila polysperma cogon grass Imperata cylindrica water spinach Ipomoea aquatica Japanese climbing fern Lygodium japonicum Old World climbing fern Lygodium microphyllum melaleuca, paper bark Melaleuca quinquenervia water lettuce Pistia stratiotes Brazilian pepper Schinus terebinthifolius