Miami, FL Invasive Plant Rules: Prohibited Species (2026)

Under Miami 21's landscape article, prohibited plant species, those listed in the Miami-Dade County Landscape Manual as demonstrably detrimental to native plants, wildlife, ecosystems, or human health and safety, may not be planted anywhere in the city, and any that exist on a site subject to the article's requirements must be removed. Controlled species face a narrower ban: they cannot be planted within 500 feet of a Natural Forest Community or native habitat, and West Indian Mahogany specifically cannot go within 500 feet of a rockland hammock or pine rockland. The Code Enforcement Department withholds final building inspections and certificates of occupancy until landscape compliance is certified, and can issue cease-and-desist orders and citations for violations.