Greetings Citizens,

Welcome to Captain Good Plant's Online Invasive Exotic Plant Battle Center!

The Captain has prepared these pages to provide homeowners in northwest Florida access to information regarding invasive exotic plant species. Though much of this information applies throughout the southeast, is targetted to northwest Florida.

Please read on to learn about the threat of invasive, exotic plants species, how they threaten our heritage of biodiversity, and what you can do to assist.

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INTRODUCTION

Like most super heroes, the origin of Captain Good Plant can be traced to an accident-- one day while shopping for landscaping plants at a local home supercenter, an innocent young man was knocked over by a shadowy figure apparently carrying a gallon of Roundup herbicide. As he fell, our hero heard a whisper-- "Plant natives!", it said. And as he lay face down in a flat of nandinas, he knew that his life would never be the same again.

And so, clad in cape, safety goggles, and chemical resistant gloves, Captain Good Plant is ready to use his super power of controlled, effective, and environmentally benign use of herbicides to combat invasive plant species throughout northwest Florida.

Captain Good Plant is ready to visit your home, provisioned with herbicides, application equipment, and educational materials to empower you in your decision making and active role in combating invasive exotic plant species.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is an invasive, exotic plant, and why should I be worried about them?

Do we have to use herbicides?

When using herbicides, what herbicides does Captain Good Plant use?

Can I purchase herbicides to treat exotics myself?

Is this going to cost me anything?

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THE "HIT LIST"

Captain Good Plant targets woody, invasive plant species of northern Florida for treatment and removal. These include the following trees, shrubs and vines:

Aleurites fordii - tung oil tree

Ardisia crenata - coral ardisia

Dioscorea bulbifera - air potato

Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle

Ligustrum sinense - Japanese ligustrum

Lygodium japonicum - Japanese climbing fern

Melia azedarach - Chinaberry

Nandina domestica - nandina, heavenly bamboo

Pueraria montana - kudzu

Sapium sebiferum - Chinese tallow

Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria

The Captain is also prepared to treat and remove herbaceous and other woody plant species when encountered.

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LINKS

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - FLEPPC goals are directed toward building public awareness about the serious threat invasive plants pose to native ecosystems, securing funding and support for control and management of exotic plants, and developing integrated management and control methods to prevent the spread of exotic pest plants throughout the United States. A great new publication has been created-- Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas; this publication can be downloaded from the above link, or information for purchase may be obtained here.

Florida Native Plant Society - FNPS was organized in 1980 to promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida and is a good source for learning about our heritage of biodiversity that is threatened by invasive, exotic plants.

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants - University of Florida's Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants is home to the Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plant Information Retrieval System (APIRS). This is the world's largest information source of its kind. In addition to resources to help identify invasive exotic plant species, the center is continuing to develop resources to help direct efforts to control these species. Control of Non-native Plants in Natural Areas of Florida is a comprehensive look at exotic plant species control by conservation land managers. It contains detailed information investigating herbicide efficacy and toxicity as well as recommendations for control of numerous exotic species. The Center is working on resources targeting exotic species control for home owners, and the Captain will include links to this information when it is available.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection - The Department's Bureau of Invasive Plant Management serves to protect Florida's native biodiversity by leading the management of invasive plants on public lands; maintaining recreational, economic and ecological values of Florida's public lands; providing education and information to the public; developing and maintaining inventories of plant communities on public lands; and collecting information to assist science based decision making. The Bureau's Frequently Asked Questions contains very good answers to questions commonly asked regarding invasive plant management.

Captain Good Plant in the News - Read about Captain Good Plant in Mark Hinson's feature article from the Tallahassee Democrat.

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