List of invasive species in Florida explained

Invasive species in Florida are introduced organisms that cause damage to the environment, human economy, or human health in Florida.[1] Native plants and animals in Florida are threatened by the spread of invasive species.[2] Florida is a major biodiversity hotspot in North America and the hospitable sub-tropical climate has also become a hotspot for invasive plants and animals due to anthropogenic introduction.[3] [4]

Animals

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fish

Invertebrates

Plants

The non-governmental organization FISC published the following list of invasive plant species in 2023.[133] Formerly known as Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council (FLEPPC), the council changed its name to Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) to retire outdated terminology.[134]

Three species have been added to Category I since 2019, and Category II now includes four additional species.[135] [136] [137] The watch list from FISC highlights species of concern which are not yet included in the Category I or II lists.[138]

The FISC list is a recommendation for natural resource managers, environmental education, and volunteer removal, but is not regulatory by law.[139] State regulated plant species are listed in the State of Florida Noxious Weed List, and the State of Florida Prohibited Aquatic Plants List.[140] Many of the non-native plant species documented in Florida are assessed for invasive potential by UF/IFAS.[141]

FISC describes Category I species as plants which displace native species, disrupt ecological functions, or hybridize with native species. Category II species have not yet altered Florida plant communities to the extent shown by Category I species, but may be assigned to Category I if enough negative impact is reported.[142]

Category 2

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Florida's Exotic Fish and Wildlife. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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  3. Dawson . Wayne . Moser . Dietmar . van Kleunen . Mark . Kreft . Holger . Pergl . Jan . Pyšek . Petr . Weigelt . Patrick . Winter . Marten . Lenzner . Bernd . Blackburn . Tim M. . Dyer . Ellie E. . Cassey . Phillip . Scrivens . Sally L. . Economo . Evan P. . Guénard . Benoit . 2017-06-12 . Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups . Nature Ecology & Evolution . en . 1 . 7 . 1–7 . 10.1038/s41559-017-0186 . 2397-334X. 10256/14947 . free .
  4. Web site: Kotala . Zenaida . 2016-02-26 . Florida Declared a Global Biodiversity Hotspot . 2024-05-29 . University of Central Florida News UCF Today . en-us.
  5. Web site: Axis axis (Indian spotted deer). www.cabi.org.
  6. Web site: Gambian Pouched Rat Flyer FWC .
  7. Web site: WEC446/UW491: Nonnative Monkey Populations of Florida: History, Status, and Potential Impacts . 2024-05-30 . Ask IFAS - Powered by EDIS . en-US.
  8. Web site: vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  9. Web site: Baiting the Nine-Banded Armadillo . Ober . Holly K. . DeGroote . Lucas W. . Mizell . Russell F. . 2 November 2017 . UF/IFAS Extension . University of Florida . 24 November 2022.
  10. Taulman. J F. Robbins. L W. 1996. Recent range expansion and distributional limits of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the United States. Journal of Biogeography. 23. 5 . 635–648. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00024.x . 1996JBiog..23..635T .
  11. Web site: Domestic Cats Whitepaper .
  12. Parker . Brandon . Anderson . C. Jane . Romagosa . Christina M. . Wisely . Samantha M. . Pearson . Daniel . Seyjagat . John . Sayler . Katherine Ashley . 2018-01-22 . Status of Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Rodentia: Hydrochaeridae) and Potential for Establishment in Florida: WEC393/UW438, 12/2017 . EDIS . en . 2018 . 1 . 5–5 . 10.32473/edis-uw438-2017 . 2576-0009.
  13. Web site: rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  14. Web site: Rhesus Macaque . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  15. Web site: Land Mammals - House Mouse . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  16. Griffo . James V. . 1957 . The Status of the Nutria in Florida . Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences . 20 . 3 . 209–215 . 0015-3850.
  17. Web site: Rattus norvegicus (brown rat). www.cabi.org.
  18. Web site: Rattus rattus (black rat). 7 April 2024.
  19. Tilmant. James T.. September 1980. Investigations of Rodent Damage to the Thatch Palms Thrinax morrisii and Thrinax radiata on Elliott Key, Biscayne National Park, Florida. Everglades National Park, South Florida Research Center. National Park Service. M-589.
  20. Palmer . Geoffrey H. . Koprowski . John L. . Pernas . Anthony J. . February 2014 . Distribution and spread of an introduced insular population of red-bellied squirrels (Sciurus aureogaster) in Florida. . Mammalia . 78 . 1 . 67–73 . 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0141 . 53685731 . 2 December 2022.
  21. Web site: Wild Hog. Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  22. Web site: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) . . Florida State Parks . Florida Department of Environmental Protection . 24 November 2022.
  23. Web site: Vulpes vulpes (red fox). www.cabi.org.
  24. Web site: Davis . Jim . 2022-12-28 . Wildlife & Invasive Species Education™ (WISE) Species Profile: The Egyptian Goose . 2024-05-30 . UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County . en.
  25. Web site: cairina moschata (muscovy duck) . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  26. Web site: rock pigeon (Columba livia) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  27. Web site: Columba livia (pigeons). www.cabi.org.
  28. Web site: Passer domesticus (house sparrow). www.cabi.org.
  29. Web site: Pavo cristatas (Peacock). sciencing.com .
  30. Web site: Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-whiskered bulbul) . www.cabi.org.
  31. Web site: Eurasian Collared-Dove Audubon Field Guide . 2024-05-29 . www.audubon.org . en.
  32. Tracey . John . Gehrke . Brandon . 2022 . Sturnus vulgaris (common starling) . CABI Compendium . CABI Compendium . 51979 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.51979 . 253611022 . free.
  33. Web site: Sturnus Vulgaris (European starling) . www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_starling/overview.
  34. Web site: Peter’s rock agama (Agama picticauda) - EDDMapS State Distribution . 2024-05-29 . EDDMapS.org.
  35. Web site: Leaping lizards! Does South Florida have an influx of new species? . 2024-05-30 . news.miami.edu . en.
  36. Web site: knight anole (Anolis equestris) - EDDMapS State Distribution . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  37. Camposano . Brian J. . Krysko . Kenneth L. . Enge . Kevin M. . Donlan . Ellen M. . Granatosky . Michael . 2008-12-01 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida . Iguana . en . 15 . 4 . 212–219 . 2330-3948.
  38. Web site: Brown anole . 23 January 2020 . www.tsusinvasives.org.
  39. Web site: Boa constrictor imperator . Global Invasive Species Database.
  40. Web site: 10 September 2010 . Boa constrictor (common boa) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225073303/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/boa-constrictor . February 25, 2021 . www.nationalgeographic.com/animal/reptile/fact/boa-constrictor.
  41. Web site: Range of American crocodiles and caimans in Florida. .
  42. Web site: (PDF) Adverse Encounters With Alligators in the United States/ An Update .
  43. Web site: veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) - EDDMapS State Distribution . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  44. Web site: WEC456/UW501: Florida's Introduced Reptiles: Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), Oustalet’s Chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), and Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) . 2024-05-30 . Ask IFAS - Powered by EDIS . en-US.
  45. Web site: Ctenosaura similis (black spiny-tailed iguana) . www.cabi.org.
  46. Web site: Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) . www.cabi.org.
  47. Web site: Focal Species: Mediterranean Gecko . 7 April 2024 . ufl.edu.
  48. Krysko, Kenneth L; Enge, Kevin M; Donlan, Ellen M; Seitz, Jason C (2007), "Distribution, Natural History, and Impacts of the Introduced Green Iguana in Florida", Iguana: Conservation, Natural History, and Husbandry of Reptiles, International Reptile Conservation Foundation, 14 (3): 142–151
  49. http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/reptiles/burmese-python/ Reptiles. Burmese python
  50. Web site: Northern African Python. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  51. Web site: Python sebae (African rock python). www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-snake-id/snake/african-rock-python/. 17 August 2020.
  52. Web site: WEC295/UW340: Florida Invader: Tegu Lizard .
  53. Web site: Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) . www.cabi.org.
  54. Web site: Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) - EDDMapS State Distribution . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  55. Web site: Welcome to Cape Coral, FL . 2024-05-29 . www.capecoral.gov.
  56. Web site: Eleutherodactylus coqui (Caribbean tree frog). www.cabi.org.
  57. Web site: Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  58. Web site: WEC320/UW365: The Invasion of Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians in Florida.
  59. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw345 IFAS Extension
  60. Web site: Acanthogobius flavimanus . www.cabi.org.
  61. Web site: Astronotus ocellatus (oscar) . www.cabi.org.
  62. Web site: Pike Killifish (Belonesox belizanus) - Species Profile . nas.er.usgs.gov.
  63. Web site: Channa argus argus (northern snakehead) . www.cabi.org.
  64. Web site: Bullseye Snakehead . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  65. Web site: Clown Knifefish . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  66. Web site: butterfly peacock bass (Cichla ocellaris) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  67. https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Ecological-Risk-Screening-Summary-Butterfly-Peacock-Bass.pdf
  68. Web site: black acara (Cichlasoma bimaculatum) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  69. Web site: Black Acara . Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  70. Web site: Mayan cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalma) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  71. Web site: Cichlasoma urophthalmum (Mayan cichlid) . www.cabi.org.
  72. Web site: walking catfish (Clarias batrachus) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  73. Web site: Clarias batrachus (walking catfish) . www.cabi.org.
  74. Web site: Cyprinus carpio . Global Invasive Species Database.
  75. Web site: Cyprinus carpio . www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatic/fish-and-other-vertebrates/asian-carp.
  76. Web site: Hemichromis letourneuxi (African jewelfish). www.cabi.org.
  77. Web site: African jewelfish (Hemichromis letourneuxi) - EDDMapS State Distribution . 2024-05-29 . EDDMapS.org.
  78. Web site: Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel). www.cabi.org.
  79. Web site: Blue Tilapia. Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  80. Web site: Tilapia mariae (spotted tilapia) . www.cabi.org.
  81. Web site: How is the Lionfish Program Going?. Rick. O'Connor. 23 February 2018. UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County. 7 April 2024.
  82. Web site: lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) - Species Profile. nas.er.usgs.gov.
  83. Web site: Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) _ CABI Compendium .
  84. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/3459
  85. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/121715
  86. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/5668
  87. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6221
  88. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6362
  89. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/18756
  90. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109209
  91. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/10680
  92. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16743
  93. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57239
  94. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/15284
  95. Web site: freshwater golden clam (Corbicula fluminea) - EDDMapS State Distribution - EDDMapS . 2024-05-30 . EDDMapS.org.
  96. Web site: basket clam (Corbicula fluminea) - Species Profile . 2024-05-30 . USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database . en.
  97. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108329
  98. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16441
  99. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/86848
  100. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/19035
  101. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/BEES/green_orchid_bee.htm
  102. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/25242 Glycaspis brimblecombei
  103. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/26515
  104. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/110614
  105. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432
  106. Web site: Chouvenc, Thomas, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, and Lyle Buss. "Termite Species Distribution in Florida and UF Termite Identification Services: ENY-2079/IN1360, 05/2022." EDIS 2022.3 (2022). 7 April 2024.
  107. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108923
  108. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30839
  109. http://www.nyis.info/index.php?action=invasive_detail&id=66 New York Invasive Species Information – New York State's gateway to science-based invasive species information
  110. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40171
  111. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/32526
  112. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/75617
  113. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1653/0015-4040(2008)091%5B0001%3APBLIFB%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Potential Biodiversity Loss in Florida Bromeliad Phytotelmata due to Metamasius callizona (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), an Invasive Species
  114. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/37683
  115. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/45386
  116. https://www.invasive.org/gist/products/gallery/parlo1.html TNC Global Invasive Species Team page
  117. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40133
  118. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109097
  119. https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/loxahatchee-acreage/toxic-new-guinea-flatworm-surfaces-in-south-florida Invasive New Guinea flatworm surfaces in PBC
  120. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2633
  121. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108975
  122. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46792
  123. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/50569
  124. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/54310
  125. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34581
  126. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109218
  127. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/56704
  128. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/44619
  129. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57038
  130. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57234
  131. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57235
  132. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/120728
  133. Web site: 2023-FiSC-Plant-List-Brochure-11-27-23 .
  134. Iannone . Basil . Carnevale . Shannon . Main . Martin . Hill . Jeff . McConnell . Julie . Johnson . Steven . Enloe . Stephen . Andreu . Michael . Bell . Emily . Cuda . James . Baker . Shirley . 2020-06-01 . Invasive Species Terminology: Standardizing for Stakeholder Education . The Journal of Extension . 58 . 3 . 10.34068/joe.58.03.27 . 1077-5315. free .
  135. Web site: List of invasive plant species . Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council . 2013 .
  136. Web site: bugwoodcloud.org. 7 April 2024. 2019 Plant list.
  137. https://www.floridainvasives.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023-FISC-Plant-List-11-27-23.xlsx
  138. Web site: 2024-04-15 . 2023 FISC Watch List - Florida Invasive Species Partnership . 2024-05-30 . en-US.
  139. Web site: Florida Invasive Species Council .
  140. https://bugwoodcloud.org/CDN/fleppc/plantlists/ProperUses2.pdf
  141. Web site: Assessments - UF/IFAS Assessment - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science .
  142. Web site: Plant List - Florida Invasive Species Partnership .

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