2003-2004 - Florida Invasive Species Partnership

Lake Jesup Wilderness Area
County: Seminole
PCL Size: 490 acres
Project ID: EC-029 85 acres $27,085.25
Project Manager: Seminole County Natural Lands Program
Brian L. Suber, Land Management Specialist
1101 East First Street, Sanford, Florida 32771
Phone: 407-349-1240
E-mail: bsuber@co.seminole.fl.us
The Lake Jesup Wilderness Area lies west of Toll Road 417 and abutting the north shore of Lake
Jesup. The property consists mostly of shallow marsh and wet prairie, with isolated islands of hydric
hammock. Mitigation work began in early April 2003, consisting of filling manmade ditches and
breaching dikes to enhance the natural function of the habitats on site. The South Hammock project
site had exotic plant coverage estimated at sixty percent, comprised of thirty percent nightshade,
twenty percent Brazilian pepper, and ten percent tropical soda apple.
Target Plants Common Name FLEPPC Rank Treatment Herbicide
Solanum tampicense wetland nightshade Category I basal Garlon 4
Solanum viarum tropical soda apple Category I foliar Garlon 4
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