Exotic Removal
Australian Pine
Australine pine trees were introduced from Australia to Florida during the 1890's. Australian pine invasions often displace native plant communities that provide critical wildlife habitat for threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Though many beachgoers enjoy their dense canopy and soft pine neele floors, the pine trees encourage beach erosion by by displacing deep-rooted vegetation. Australian pine forests provide little to no native wildlife habitat and are highly recommended for removal.
Brazilian Pepper
Brazilian peppers are large, multi-trunked shrubs or trees that have become the most widespread of Florida's non-native invasive plant species. Brazilian peppers produce dense closed canopy forests that shade out almost all other plant life. The leaves are evergreen, glossy green and alternate. Although they vary in shape the leaves are generally found alliptic to oblong and 1 to 2 inches long. Brazilian peppers are related to poisonwood, poison oak, and poison ivy. The shrub-like tree produces dense clusters of small berries that change from green to red as they ripen.