Charlotte County Prohibited Plants

Trees

  • Australian Pine (Casuarina glauca and Casuarina equistetifolia)
  • Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis)
  • Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius)
  • Catclaw Mimosa (Mimosa pigra)
  • Carrotwood (Cupania anacardioides, Cupaniopsis anacardioides)
  • Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum)
  • Cuban Laurel (Ficus nitida)
  • Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp., except E. cinerea)
  • Indian Rosewood (calbergia sissoo)
  • Java Plum (Syzygium jambolana, Syzgium cumini)
  • Lead Tree (Leucaena leucocephala)
  • Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
  • Rubber Tree (Ficus decora)
  • Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta)
  • Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina)

Shrubs

  • Beach naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
  • Downy Rose Myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
  • Surinam Cherry (Eugenia michelii, Eugenia uniflora)

Vines

  • Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
  • Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum)
  • Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius)
  • Wingerd Yam (Dioscorea alata)

Grasses

  • Cagon Grass (Imperata cylindrica)