Botany
Weed of the Month
Archives
- August, 2010: Phyllanthus urinaria L., the chamber bitter or gripe weed A warm-season annual weed that has become an obnoxious pest in gardens, home landscapes and other cultivated areas.
- July, 2010: Dioscorea alata, the white or winged yam An important food crop in the tropics, this vine is becoming a serious weed of natural areas in Florida.
- June, 2010: Sapium sebiferum (Triadica sebifera), the Chinese tallow tree or popcorn tree Deliberately introduced as a crop plant and an ornamental, this tree has escaped cultivation and is aggressively invading natural areas throughout the Southeast.
- May 2010: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, the downy myrtle (or downy rose-myrtle) An ornamental shrub that has become naturalized and now forms pure stands in parts of central Florida.
- April 2010: Broussonetia papyrifera, paper mulberry A fast-growing, low-branching, bushy tree, occasionally reaching 50 feet in Florida.
- March 2010: Ipomoea aquatica, water spinach A popular Asian vegetable that can become a serious aquatic weed.
- February 2010: Stachys floridana, Florida Betony, Rattlesnake Weed One of our few native plants that is seriously weedy and has become a pest in Florida and beyond.
- January 2010: Mikania micrantha, mile-a-minute An invasive vine that has recently been found for the first time in the continental United States.
