Florida has over 250 varieties of palm trees.
Only ONE of them is “Native”.
The real pests are the Brazilian pepper and meleluca trees. They were introduced years ago as ornamentals and have taken over!
Our most visible invader is purple loosestrife. It was brought in as an ornamental and takes over the areas where the native cat tails grow.
The Eurasian Milfoil is another horror show. Last summer the DEQ wouldn't let us cut or spray it and it shut down better than 70% of the lake.
Now we have giant hogweed moving in and that's some nasty stuff with sap that can cause permanent blindness and burns that can leave scars. I don't even want to talk about the animal invaders.