Mountain Fig

Ficus altissima

IntroducedInvasive · FISC Category II

Invasive — FISC Category II. The Florida Invasive Species Council lists this plant as increasing in abundance or frequency, though not yet altering Florida plant communities to the extent of Category I species. Please don't plant it; if it's on your land, consider removing it. About the FISC list

Mountain Fig (Ficus altissima) — Photo: (c) Wayne Fidler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Wayne Fidler · CC BY-NC 4.0 · source

Where it grows in Florida

PanhandleNorthCentral South Keys

Central: Manatee, Orange, Polk, Sarasota
South: Broward, Collier, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
Keys: Monroe

11 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.

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