(1) Class I
Prohibited Aquatic Plants - Under no circumstances will these species be
permitted for possession, collection, transportation, cultivation, and
importation except as provided in Rule
5B-64.004, F.A.C.:
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SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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COMMON NAMES
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Alternanthera philoxeroides
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Alligatorweed, green lead plant
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Casuarina spp.
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Australian Pine
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Crassula helmsii
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Swamp stone crop
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Eichhornia spp.
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Waterhyacinth
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Hydrilla verticillata
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Hydrilla, Florida elodea, stargrass, oxygen
grass
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Ipomoea aquatica
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Water spinach
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Ipomoea fistulosa
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Lagarosiphon spp.
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African elodea
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Limnocharis flava
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Sawah flowing rush
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Lythrum salicaria
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Purple loosestrife
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Melaleuca quinquenervia
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Melaleuca
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Mimosa pigra
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Giant sensitive plant, cat's claw
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Monochoria hastata
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Monochoria vaginalis
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Myriophyllum spicatum
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Eurasian watermilfoil
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Nechamandra alternifolia
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Oryza rufipogon
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Wild Red rice
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Pontederia rotundifolia
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Tropical pickerelweed
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Salvinia spp., (excluding S. minima)
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Schinus terebinthifolius
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Brazilian-pepper
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Sparganium erectum
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Exotic bur-reed
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Stratiotes aloides
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Water-aloe, soldier plant
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Trapa spp.
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Water chestnut
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Vossia cuspidata
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Hippo grass
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(2)
Class II Prohibited Aquatic Plants - These species are considered to be highly
invasive and noxious in localized areas of the State of Florida. These plants
may be cultured in a nursery regulated by the Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services pursuant to sections
581.031,
581.131 and
581.145, F.S., and shall only be
sold out of state upon approval by the department. These species shall not be
imported or collected from the wild. They must be contained in such a manner so
as to prevent the dissemination from the nursery premises.
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SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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COMMON NAME
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Hygrophila polysperma
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Hygro
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Limnophila sessiliflora
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Ambulia
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Pistia stratiotes
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Waterlettuce
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(3)
The department is authorized to designate additional plants to be prohibited by
emergency order as provided in Rule
5B-64.012, F.A.C.
(4) The prohibited aquatic plant list
comprises the most recent and accepted scientific and common names of the
prohibited aquatic plant species. However, the prohibited status also applies
to any synonyms.
(5) The department
is authorized to consider a plant for inclusion on the prohibited plant list
when it displays, or when there is scientific evidence to believe it could
display in the Florida environment, one or more of the following
characteristics:
(a) The tendency to spread or
become invasive in an ecosystem, sometimes in a rapid manner, so as to impair
the ecosystem's ability to function by altering its productivity,
decomposition, water fluxes, nutrient cycling and loss, soil fertility,
erosion, dissolved oxygen concentrations, or its ability to maintain its
existing species diversity.
(b) The
propensity to invade and disrupt aquatic and wetland ecosystems in other areas
or in other countries with climates similar to that of Florida.
(c) The ability to create dense, monospecific
stands or monotypic stands which displace or destroy native plant habitat,
destroy fish and wildlife habitats, inhibit water circulation, hinder
navigation and irrigation, or severely restrict the recreational use of
waterways.
(d) The ability to
resist effective management by present technology or available management
agents so that only extraordinary efforts, such as repeated chemical treatments
at high dosage rates, can bring about effective
management.
