Who has ever heard of the Air Potato Plant? I know that I had not prior to this morning! It seems that the Air Potato is one more invasive plant that we have to deal with here in Pinellas County! From Tarpon Springs and Safety Harbor all the way down to St Petersburg, this plant is everywhere!

This plant originates in West Africa where it is cultivated on farms and an addition to the diet. Here in Florida it is NOT cultivated, but grows wild and for some reason this variety is bitter and can even be poisonous. As if that were not enough, the Air Potato can quickly grow 60 to 70 feet in length and crawl up tall trees where it blocks out the sun and eventually kills the tree.

It is believed that this plant came to our state over a hundred years ago as an ornamental and someone must have thrown it out - where it promptly grew, thrived and started taking over (and killing) other plants. If you find this plant in your garden, please remove it. It is one more non-native plant that is threatening our native vegetation.

 

3 Comments on Invasive Air Potato In Pinellas

 

I have never heard of this plant.  Now I will keep an eye out for it.

01/23/2008 01:41 PM by Barbara Martino-Sliva, Vero Beach Real Estate, Homes for Sale (Thorpe/Sotheby's International Real Estate)

Barbara - Neither had I - seems they are an ever increasing danger to our native vegetation.

01/23/2008 01:46 PM by Barbara-Jo & Bill - - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD (Charles Rutenberg Realty)

Barbara:  Here in Gainesville, we are having an "Air Potato Round-Up" this weekend.  It's a volunteer community event to get rid of this invasive plant at one of our Public Parks. I don't know the details, but  we have that pest plant up here too.

01/23/2008 04:56 PM by Christine Bohn, ABR, e-Pro, GRI~Gainesville, FL Realtor® (RE/MAX Professionals, Inc.)

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