ISWG Invasive Species Facts and Information

General Invasive Species Information

• Draft invasive species chapter of the 2006 South Florida Environmental Report [PDF 2.5 MB]
• Pest Exclusion Advisory Committee Report (2001) [PDF 18 K]
• Baseline Port Surveys for Introduced Marine Molluskan, Crustacean and Polychaete Species in the South Atlantic Bight [PDF 9.5 MB]

General Regulatory Information

    Aquaculture

• UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension publication on regulations pertaining to use of non-native fish in Florida aquaculture

Non-Native Birds

• FWC Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) cursory survey information [PDF 241 K]
• FWC Purple swamphen Survey form [Excel file]

Non-Native Insects

• Africanized bees fact sheet [PDF 380 K]
• Redbay Ambrosia beetle (DACS Division of Plant Industry)

Non-Native Aquatic Invertebrates

• Channeled apple snails
• Invasive mussel alert - Mytella charruana found in Indian River Lagoon [PDF 630 K]

Non-Native Plant Diseases

• Citrus greening information (DACS Division of Plant Industry)

• Citrus canker program (DACS Division of Plant Industry)
                                                                             

Non-native Plant Species

      General Information

• The Environmental Impact and Regional Differences of Invasive Plants in Florida [PDF 783 K]
• How was Hydrilla Introduced into Florida? [PDF 171 K]
• Water Hyacinth Management - a Good Example of Maintenance Control in Florida [PDF 167 K]
• Rules for a Green Thumb at the Coast [PDF 207 K]
• Melaleuca Management in Florida

      Marine Plant Invaders

• Caulerpa brachypus, a marine invader

      Aquatic Plant Invaders                                                                                                                     

• Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 296 K]
• Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 171 K]
• Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 209 K]
• Cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 217 K]
• Water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 251 K]
• Water-lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 409 K]
• Water-spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 297 K]
• Wild Taro (Colocasia esculenta) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 631 K]

      Upland Plant Invaders

• Australian pine (Casuarina spp.) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 200 K]
• Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 288 K]
• Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 391 K]
• Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 549 K]
• Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 284 K]
• Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 178 K]
• Shoebutton (Ardisia elliptica) DEP Weed Alert [PDF 501 K]