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Scientific Name

Common Name(s)

Family Name

Generic Family Description

FDA Rank1

FLEPPC Exotic2

Govt Exotic3

Vines
Monocots

Dioscorea bulbifera

air potato, airyam, devil's potato

DIOSCOREACEAE

Yam

 

I

N

Smilax auriculata

ear-leaf greenbrier, catbrier, greenbrier

SMILACACEAE

Smilax

 

 

 

Smilax bona-nox

saw greenbrier, catbrier, greenbrier

SMILACACEAE

Smilax

 

 

 

Smilax glauca

wild sarsaparilla, glaucous-leaf greenbrier

SMILACACEAE

Smilax

 

 

 

Smilax laurifolia

laurel-leaf greenbrier, catbrier

SMILACACEAE

Smilax

 

 

 

Smilax walteri

coral greenbrier, red-berry greenbrier

SMILACACEAE

Smilax

 

 

 

Dicots

Ampelopsis arborea

pepper vine

VITACEAE

Grape

 

 

 

Berchemia scandens

rattan vine, Alabama supplejack

RHAMNACEAE

Buckthorn

 

 

 

Campsis radicans

trumpet-vine, trumpet-creeper

BIGNONIACEAE

Bignonia

 

 

 

Clematis baldwinii

pine-hyacinth

RANUNCULACEAE

Buttercup

 

 

 

Melothria pendula

creeping-cucumber, guadeloupe-cucumber

CUCURBITACEAE

Gourd

 

 

 

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Virginia creeper, woodvine

VITACEAE

Grape

 

 

 

Toxicodendon radicans

poison-ivy, Eastern poison-ivy

ANACARDIACEAE

Sumac

 

 

 

Trichostema dichotomun

forked bluecurls

SOLANACEAE

Nightshade

 

 

 

Vitis aestivalis

summer grape

VITACEAE

Grape

 

 

 

Vitis rotundifolia

muscadine grape, scuppernong

VITACEAE

Grape

 

 

 

Vitis shuttlewothii

Calusa grape

VITACEAE

Grape

 

 

 

Ferns and Allies

Azolla caroliniana

mosquito fern, Carolina mosquito fern

AZOLLACEAE

Mosquito Fern

 

 

 

Blechnum serrulatum

toothed mid-sorus fern

BLECHNACEAE

Blechnum Fern

 

 

 

Campyloneurum phyllitidis

strap fern

POLYPODIACEAE

Polypody

 

 

 

Lygodium japonicum

Japanese climbing fern

SCHIZAEACEAE

Curly-Grass

 

I

N

Nephrolepis cordifolia

tuberous sword fern

NEPHROLEPIDACEAE

Sword Fern

 

I

 

Nephrolepis exaltata

sword fern, Boston fern

NEPHROLEPIDACEAE

Sword Fern

 

 

 

Osmunda cinnamomea

cinnamon fern

OSMUNDACEAE

Royal Fern

CE

 

 

Osmunda regalis

royal fern

OSMUNDACEAE

Royal Fern

CE

 

 

Phlebodium aureum

golden polypody

POLYPODIACEAE

Polypody

 

 

 

Polypodium polypodioides michauxianum

resurrection fern

POLYPODIACEAE

Polypody

 

 

 

Psilotum nudum

whisk-fern

PSILOTACEAE

Whisk-fern

 

 

 

Pteridium aquilinum

bracken fern

DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

Bracken Fern

 

 

 

Pteris vittata

ladder brake

ADIANTACEAE

Maidenhair Fern

 

II

 

Salvinia minima

water spangles

SALVINIACEAE

Water Fern

 

 

 

Thelypteris kunthii

widespread maiden fern

THELYPTERIDACEAE

Thelypteris

 

 

 

Thelypteris palustris pubescens

marsh fern, Eastern marsh fern

THELYPTERIDACEAE

Thelypteris

 

 

 

Tillandsia fasciculata densispica

air plant, wild pine, giant airplant

BROMELIACEAE

Pineapple

E

 

 

Tillandsia recurvata

ball-moss, small ball-moss

BROMELIACEAE

Pineapple

 

 

 

Tillandsia simulata

wild pine, air plant

BROMELIACEAE

Pineapple

 

 

 

Tillandsia usneoides

Spanish moss

BROMELIACEAE

Pineapple

 

 

 

Tillandsia utriculata

spreading air plant, wild pine, air plant

BROMELIACEAE

Pineapple

E

 

 

Woodwardia areolata

netted chain fern

BLECHNACEAE

Blechnum Fern

 

 

 

Woodwardia virginia

Virginia chain fern

BLECHNACEAE

Blechnum Fern

 

 

 

             

1 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Notes on Florida's Endangered and Threatened Plants - 3rd Ed.- 2000

E = endangered    T = threatened   CE = commercially exploited

2 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - 1999

I = Category I, species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities

II = Category II, species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities

3 Government Rank

P = prohibited by FL Dept Env. Protection

N = Noxious weed as listed by the FL Dept. of Agriculture

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