Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
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Scientific Name:<br />
Common Name(s):<br />
Agave sisalana*<br />
Century plant, Sisal hemp, Sisal, Sisal agave<br />
Height:<br />
Leaves:<br />
Flowers:<br />
Bark:<br />
Fruit:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Treatment:<br />
Five feet or more<br />
Four inch wide, sword-like fibrous leaves extending upward from a rosette at<br />
<strong>the</strong> base. Terminate in long, hard, sharp spines. Green or grayish in color,<br />
smooth in texture.<br />
Flower stalk may rise 25-30 feet and has a branched top. Greenish flowers<br />
N/A<br />
Fruit is an egg-sized capsule which splits open to release black seeds.<br />
Leaves contain a liquid that may be a skin irritant for some people.<br />
Mo<strong>the</strong>r plant dies after blooming once. Native Agave will have spines along<br />
<strong>the</strong> leaf margin while <strong>the</strong> exotic do not.<br />
Spray with 3% Garlon 4 on center bud<br />
Photos by Kaita Frank<br />
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