Florida Regulations 5B-64.011: Prohibited Aquatic Plants
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(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 Fl. Admin. Code R. 5B-64.004:
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
COMMON NAMES
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alligatorweed, green lead plant
Casuarina spp.
Australian Pine
Crassula helmsii
Swamp stone crop
Eichhornia spp.
Waterhyacinth
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrilla, Florida elodea, stargrass, oxygen grass
Ipomoea aquatica
Water spinach
Ipomoea fistulosa (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.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
COMMON NAME
Hygrophila polysperma
Hygro
Limnophila sessiliflora
Ambulia
Pistia stratiotes
Waterlettuce
(3) The department is authorized to designate additional plants to be prohibited by emergency order as provided in Fl. Admin. Code R. 5B-64.012
(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.
Rulemaking Authority 369.25, 369.251 FS. Law Implemented 369.25, 369.251 FS. History-New 8-11-86, Amended 6-13-93, Formerly 16C-52.011, 62C-52.011.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
COMMON NAMES
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alligatorweed, green lead plant
Casuarina spp.
Australian Pine
Crassula helmsii
Swamp stone crop
Eichhornia spp.
Waterhyacinth
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrilla, Florida elodea, stargrass, oxygen grass
Ipomoea aquatica
Water spinach
Ipomoea fistulosa
Lagarosiphon spp.
African elodea
Limnocharis flava
Sawah flowing rush
Lythrum salicaria
Purple loosestrife
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Melaleuca
Mimosa pigra
Giant sensitive plant, cat’s claw
Monochoria hastata
Monochoria vaginalis
Myriophyllum spicatum
Eurasian watermilfoil
Nechamandra alternifolia
Oryza rufipogon
Wild Red rice
Pontederia rotundifolia
Tropical pickerelweed
Salvinia spp., (excluding S. minima)
Schinus terebinthifolius
Brazilian-pepper
Sparganium erectum
Exotic bur-reed
Stratiotes aloides
Water-aloe, soldier plant
Trapa spp.
Water chestnut
Vossia cuspidata
Hippo grass
Terms Used In Florida Regulations 5B-64.011
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
COMMON NAME
Hygrophila polysperma
Hygro
Limnophila sessiliflora
Ambulia
Pistia stratiotes
Waterlettuce
(3) The department is authorized to designate additional plants to be prohibited by emergency order as provided in Fl. Admin. Code R. 5B-64.012
(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.
Rulemaking Authority 369.25, 369.251 FS. Law Implemented 369.25, 369.251 FS. History-New 8-11-86, Amended 6-13-93, Formerly 16C-52.011, 62C-52.011.