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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Lantana camara - Wikipedia
One of these huge bushes invaded my backyard and I have been chopping and cutting the thing but once it looks like I am done I see another layer of it. Some of it is dead but it seems to use this dead stuff as a wall. Mother Nature sure is clever.
Anyone have experience dealing with the plant?
I have no idea where it came from. We never planted it.
It kind of set up a fortress protecting its root area.
The sap is a little toxic but quite smelly.
I do think this is the right ID for the plant.
Invasion of the Landscape Snatchers: Lantana (Lantana camara) -
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For what it's worth - there is a Lantana, FL north of Ft. Lauderdale. I guess that a small town wanted to name itself after a toxic weed. As far as never being planted - seeds blow in and also birds transport them. I find that Golden Rain trees are like nasty medium-sized weeds that blow in anywhere and establish themselves right in among your ornamentals or hedges.