Some Native & Invasive Plants in the Southwest District - Florida Invasive Plant Initiative in the Parks

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Southwest Florida: 12 Native and Invasive Plants

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Top invasive plants in state parks:

Native Plants swamp lily Crinum americanum club-rush Eleocharis cellulose blue flag Iris virginica frog's-bit Limnobium spongia southern naiad Najas guadalupensis fragrant water lily Nymphaea odorata pickerelweed Pontedaria cordata duck potato Sagittaria lancifolia soft-stem bulrush Scirpus lancifolia smooth cord grass Spartina alterniflora duckweeds Spirodela polyrhiza, Lemna valdivia, Wolffiella floridana, Wolffia columbiana cat-tails Typha species

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

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