Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

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Scientific Name: Common Name(s): Leucaena leucocephala Lead tree Height: Leaves: Flowers: Bark: Fruit: Other: Treatment: Shrub or small tree to 25 feet in height Gray-green, bipinnate leaves and numerous 3/8 to 1/2 inch, slightly sickleshaped leaflets. Terminal or axillary flower spikes produce white, multi-stamened, powderpuff-like flowers. Smooth, light gray to tan. Pods are narrow, four to six inches long, 1/2 inch wide, green turning to brown and produced in clusters. Seeds are brown and somewhat flattened. Lead tree is a weedy, fast-growing tree that readily invades coastal strand, pine rockland, the margins and canopy gaps of hardwood forests, and open disturbed sites. Population densities can be high if left unchecked. Tends to grow in dense groups. Basal or stump with 40% Garlon 4 APIRS- http://aquat1.ifas.edu www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/derm/badplants.htm 5
Scientific Name: Common Name(s): Manilkara zapota Sapodilla, Chicle-gum tree Height: Leaves: Flowers: Bark: Fruit: Other: Treatment: Large tree, reaching 50 feet or more Dull dark green, leathery and alternate. Grow in clusters on the ends of twigs. Oblong or elliptical in shape, notched at apex. 2-4 inches long, covered with brownish fuzz. Flowers are light yellow, six-lobed, about ½ inch wide. Occur in clusters. Reddish brown bark Brown berries about ½ inch in diameter, with spongy brownish flesh. Thick skinned. One or more brownish black flat seeds. Evergreen shrub occurring in hardwood hammocks and other habitats, shading and dense seeding a problem Basal with 10%-25% Garlon 4 www.proscitech.com www.proscitech.com 6
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