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Recognition Cards: Invasive and Non-native Plants You Should Know - by Region
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Northwest Region (UF/IFAS Publication # SP 437)
- Albizia julibrissin (mimosa)
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed)
- Ardisia crenata (coral ardisia)
- Broussonetia papyrifera (paper mulberry)
- Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine)
- Cinnamomum camphora (camphor-tree)
- Colocasia esculenta (wild taro)
- Dioscorea alata (winged yam)
- Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato)
- Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
- Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)
- Hygrophila polysperma (hygrophila)
- Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
- Lantana camara (lantana)
- Ligustrum lucidum (glossy privet)
- Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet)
- Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
- Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern)
- Macfadyena unguis-cati (cat's claw vine)
- Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian water-milfoil)
- Nandina domestica (nandina, heavenly bamboo)
- Nephrolepis cordifolia (tuberous sword fern)
- Paederia foetida (skunk vine)
- Panicum repens (torpedo grass)
- Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)
- Pueraria montana (kudzu)
- Ruellia tweediana (Mexican petunia)
- Sapium sebiferum (Chinese tallow)
- Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)
- Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple)
- Tradescantia fluminensis (small-leaf spiderwort)
Northeast Region (UF/IFAS Publication # SP 438)
- Albizia julibrissin (mimosa)
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed)
- Ardisia crenata (coral ardisia)
- Broussonetia papyrifera (paper mulberry)
- Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine)
- Cinnamomum camphora (camphor-tree)
- Colocasia esculenta (wild taro)
- Dioscorea alata (winged yam)
- Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato)
- Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
- Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)
- Hygrophila polysperma (hygrophila)
- Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
- Lantana camara (lantana)
- Ligustrum lucidum (glossy privet)
- Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet)
- Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
- Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern)
- Macfadyena unguis-cati (cat's claw vine)
- Nandina domestica (nandina, heavenly bamboo)
- Nephrolepis cordifolia (tuberous sword fern)
- Paederia foetida (skunk vine)
- Panicum repens (torpedo grass)
- Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)
- Pueraria montana (kudzu)
- Ruellia tweediana (Mexican petunia)
- Sapium sebiferum (Chinese tallow)
- Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)
- Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple)
- Tradescantia fluminensis (small-leaf spiderwort)
Central Region (UF/IFAS Publication # SP 439)
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed)
- Ardisia crenata (coral ardisia)
- Broussonetia papyrifera (paper mulberry)
- Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine)
- Cinnamomum camphora (camphor-tree)
- Colocasia esculenta (wild taro)
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides (carrot wood)
- Dioscorea alata (winged yam)
- Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato)
- Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
- Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)
- Hygrophila polysperma (hygrophila)
- Hymenachne amplexicaulis (West Indian marsh grass)
- Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
- Ipomoea aquatica (water spinach)
- Lantana camara (lantana)
- Limnophila sessiliflora (limnophila)
- Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
- Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern)
- Lygodium microphyllum (Old World climbing fern)
- Melaleuca quinquenervia (melaleuca)
- Mimosa pigra (catclaw mimosa)
- Nephrolepis cordifolia (tuberous sword fern)
- Paederia foetida (skunk vine)
- Panicum repens (torpedo grass)
- Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)
- Pueraria montana (kudzu)
- Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (downy rose-myrtle)
- Sapium sebiferum (Chinese tallow)
- Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)
- Solanum tampiecense (wetland night shade)
- Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple)
Southwest Region (UF/IFAS Publication # SP 440)
- Acacia auriculiformis (earleaf acacia)
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed)
- Ardisia elliptica (shoebutton ardisia)
- Calophyllum antillanum (santa maria)
- Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine)
- Cinnamomum camphora (camphor-tree)
- Colocasia esculenta (wild taro)
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides (carrot wood)
- Dioscorea alata (winged yam)
- Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato)
- Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
- Ficus microcarpa (laurel fig)
- Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)
- Hygrophila polysperma (hygrophila)
- Hymenachne amplexicaulis (West Indian marsh grass)
- Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
- Lantana camara (lantana)
- Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet)
- Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
- Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern)
- Lygodium microphyllum (Old World climbing fern)
- Macfadyena unguis-cati (cat's claw vine)
- Manilkara zapota (sapodilla)
- Melaleuca quinquenervia (melaleuca)
- Mimosa pigra (catclaw mimosa)
- Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian water milfoil)
- Nephrolepis cordifolia (tuberous sword fern)
- Neyraudia reynaudiana (Burma reed)
- Paederia cruddasiana (sewer vine)
- Panicum repens (torpedo grass)
- Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)
- Pueraria montana (kudzu)
- Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (downy rose-myrtle)
- Sapium sebiferum (Chinese tallow)
- Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)
- Solanum tampiecense (wetland night shade)
- Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple)
Southeast Region (UF/IFAS Publication # SP 441)
- Acacia auriculiformis (earleaf acacia)
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed)
- Ardisia elliptica (shoebutton ardisia)
- Calophyllum antillanum (santa maria)
- Casuarina equisetifolia (Australian pine)
- Cinnamomum camphora (camphor-tree)
- Colocasia esculenta (wild taro)
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides (carrot wood)
- Dioscorea alata (winged yam)
- Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato)
- Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
- Ficus microcarpa (laurel fig)
- Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)
- Hygrophila polysperma (hygrophila)
- Hymenachne amplexicaulis (West Indian marsh grass)
- Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
- Lantana camara (lantana)
- Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet)
- Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
- Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern)
- Lygodium microphyllum (Old World climbing fern)
- Macfadyena unguis-cati (cat's claw vine)
- Manilkara zapota (sapodilla)
- Melaleuca quinquenervia (melaleuca)
- Mimosa pigra (catclaw mimosa)
- Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian water milfoil)
- Nephrolepis cordifolia (tuberous sword fern)
- Neyraudia reynaudiana (Burma reed)
- Paederia cruddasiana (sewer vine)
- Panicum repens (torpedo grass)
- Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)
- Pueraria montana (kudzu)
- Rhodomyrtus tomentosaz (downy rose-myrtle)
- Sapium sebiferum (Chinese tallow)
- Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)
- Solanum tampiecense (wetland night shade)
- Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple)
