Prohibited Plant Species List
The following is a list of plant species prohibited in Miami-Dade County.
- Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
- Australian Pine (Casurina equisetifolia)
- Banyan Fig (Ficus benghalensis)
- Bishopwood (Bischofia javanica)
- Brazilian Jasmine (Jasminum fluminense)
- Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius)
- Burma Reed (Cane Grass) – Neyaudia reynaudiana
- Carrotwood (Cupaniopsis anacardioides)
- Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)
- Catclaw Mimosa (Mimosa pigra)
- Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum, Lygodium microphyllum)
- Day Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum diurnum)
- Earleaf Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)
- Gold Coast Jasmine (Jasminum dichotomum)
- Governor’s Plum (Flacourtia indica)
- Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo)
- Lather Leaf (Colubrina asiatica)
- Lead Tree (Leucaena leucocephala, Leucaena glauca)
- Lofty Fig (Banyan Tree) – Ficus altissima
- Laurel Fig (Banyan Tree) – Ficus microcarpa, Ficus nitida, Ficus retusa
- Mahoe (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
- Melaleuca (Punk Tree) – Melaleuca quinquenervia, Melaleuca leucadendron
- Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
- Puncture Vine (Tribulus cistoides)
- Queensland Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla, Brassaia actinophylla)
- Red Sandalwood (Adenanthera pavonina)
- Seaside Mahoe (Thespesia populnead)
- Shoebutton Ardisia (Ardisia elliptica, Ardisia humilis)
- Tropical Soda Apple (Solanum viarum)
- Woman’s Tongue (Albizia lebbeck)
- Woodrose (Merremia tuberosa)