Resources – The Herbarium

The UF/IFAS Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Plant Guide is an advisory horticultural-selection resource. Final plant acceptability should be checked against federal and Florida regulatory sources, including federal noxious weed, import, ESA/CITES, Florida noxious weed, Florida prohibited aquatic plant, and Florida regulated native plant lists. Advisory invasive-plant lists and UF/IFAS assessments are useful additional screens but do not override federal or Florida prohibitions.

Plant acceptability cross-check resources

Name	Description
Federal Regulatory Sources
USDA APHIS Federal Noxious Weeds	APHIS overview page says federal noxious weeds are regulated under 7 CFR 360.
7 CFR § 360.200 — Designation of Noxious Weeds	eCFR page is the current federal regulatory text for the listed taxa.
USDA APHIS Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements — ACIR	APHIS describes ACIR as the searchable database for agricultural commodity import requirements.
USDA APHIS NAPPRA — Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis	APHIS NAPPRA page, because plants for planting under NAPPRA must undergo pest risk analysis before APHIS will authorize importation.
USFWS ECOS Listed Plants	ECOS listed-plants search/report, for federal ESA listed plant status.
USDA APHIS CITES / ESA Regulated Plants	APHIS CITES page, especially for import/export/re-export of CITES or ESA-regulated plants and plant products.
Florida State Regulatory Sources
Florida Noxious Weed List — FAC 5B-57.007	FLRules official rule page is the Florida source of record.
Florida Prohibited Aquatic Plants — FAC 5B-64.011	FLRules official rule page.
FDACS Noxious Weeds	FDACS overview page, use as an explanation, not as replacement for the official rule.
FDACS Florida’s Endangered Plants / Regulated Plant Index	FDACS page for Florida endangered, threatened, and commercially exploited native plants.
UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants — Plant Directory	Browser/search interface that shows plant records and list/status context.
Florida Advisory and Identification Resources
UF/IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas	Advisory scientific risk-assessment database for non-native plants.
Florida Invasive Species Council Plant List	Advisory invasive-plant list; current page says the list is updated 03/2026 and available as an `.xlsx` spreadsheet.