Lantana Camara.

[Taltarzac725]

Lantana camara - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana_camara)

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) - (https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2021/10/03/invasion-of-the-landscape-snatchers-lantana-lantana-camara/)

[villagetinker]

Have you tried some of the commercial plant killers? You can contact Master gardener and they should be able to tell you specifically how to get rid of the plant.

Here is their website:
Florida Master Gardener Program - Solutions for Your Life - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS (https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn-and-garden/florida-master-gardener-program/)

[Taltarzac725]

Have you tried some of the commercial plant killers? You can contact Master gardener and they should be able to tell you specifically how to get rid of the plant.

Here is their website:
Florida Master Gardener Program - Solutions for Your Life - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS (https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn-and-garden/florida-master-gardener-program/)

Thanks.

Right now I am just trying to cut down the parts with hanging fruit of any kind. Or knock them down.

It was a very large entangled mess when I started. It was to the roof (maybe 9 feet) and then about 6 feet across and pushing into the trees that had been planted when the house went up.

It was not there a few years ago. Its growth has been over the past two years or so.

It is probably some mis-identified lantana sold somewhere in or near the Villages.

It does look like I will have to kill the root which could be massive.

[Pondboy]

If the root is that massive, there are two approaches ;

I’d get a drill with a large bit and drill numerous holes into the trunk/rootball. Once drilled pour undiluted (commercial strength if you can find it) Round up into those freshly drilled holes. Or, you can cut numerous branches and using a paint brush “paint” Round up on those freshly cut stumps.

The plant will then circulate that chemical in its vascular system.

[Maker]

Spray it with roundup. You need to kill the entire plant all the way to the roots. Pruning it back is not effective control.

When controlling weeds, it's important to kill the plant and roots before pulling out the above ground part. Pulling out a live weed leaves lots of broken off roots in the soil, and every root can grow back as its own new weed in a few weeks.
What happens when hiring a company to get rid of weeds? If they charge a per visit rate, they just pull the weeds out - looks great but also guarantees them lots of income from many repeat visits. If they charge a yearly flat rate, then they use roundup first to minimize their time needed in the future - still looks great, but for much longer.

[Taltarzac725]

Spray it with roundup. You need to kill the entire plant all the way to the roots. Pruning it back is not effective control.

When controlling weeds, it's important to kill the plant and roots before pulling out the above ground part. Pulling out a live weed leaves lots of broken off roots in the soil, and every root can grow back as its own new weed in a few weeks.
What happens when hiring a company to get rid of weeds? If they charge a per visit rate, they just pull the weeds out - looks great but also guarantees them lots of income from many repeat visits. If they charge a yearly flat rate, then they use roundup first to minimize their time needed in the future - still looks great, but for much longer.

Thanks. I have almost all the berry bearing branches out and now will need to work on the various dead branches protecting the inside of this massive weed. The Villages garbage guys got most of it in numerous bags I put out last night which I had put extra covering on. Thankfully I believe they burn all that which is what often happens with lantana camara.

[Ozzello]

That is our native Lantana. Buried my neighbor's cow last year when it died from eating it. Awesome butterfly bush.

I suggest you Preen the area (now and in the spring) to kill the seeds, they are pretty small.

[Bellavita]

Lantana grow wild in Florida




Lantana camara - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana_camara)

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) - (https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2021/10/03/invasion-of-the-landscape-snatchers-lantana-lantana-camara/)

[Taltarzac725]

Is there lantana in the Philippines? – Wise-Answer (https://wise-answer.com/is-there-lantana-in-the-philippines/#:~:text=Is%20there%20lantana%20in%20the%20Philipp ines%3F%20English%3A%20Flowers,%E2%80%93%20utot-utot%20and%20kantutay%20%28literally%20%E2%80%98fa rt%E2%80%99%29%2C%20baho-baho%20%28%E2%80%98smelly%E2%80%99%29).

Fart. Not that but for the smell of lantana camara.

It is a world wide problem.

English: Flowers of the Lantana camara. Locally known in the Philippines as koronitas (English ‘coronet’) and a variety of common names referring to its pungent odor – utot-utot and kantutay (literally ‘fart’), baho-baho (‘smelly’).

[Taltarzac725]

Is there lantana in the Philippines? – Wise-Answer (https://wise-answer.com/is-there-lantana-in-the-philippines/#:~:text=Is%20there%20lantana%20in%20the%20Philipp ines%3F%20English%3A%20Flowers,%E2%80%93%20utot-utot%20and%20kantutay%20%28literally%20%E2%80%98fa rt%E2%80%99%29%2C%20baho-baho%20%28%E2%80%98smelly%E2%80%99%29).

Fart. Not that but for the smell of lantana camara.

It is a world wide problem.

https://youtu.be/W9zUSQbPu9g

It is a big problem in parts of Australia.

[Taltarzac725]

Lantana (https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/lantana)

This has some very good pictures of lantana camara if you need to identify it.

[jimjamuser]

Lantana camara - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana_camara)

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) - (https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2021/10/03/invasion-of-the-landscape-snatchers-lantana-lantana-camara/)
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.

[Taltarzac725]

Lantana camara - Plants of Hawaii - Starr Environmental (http://www.starrenvironmental.com/images/search/?q=Lantana+camara)

I hope these help if this shows up more here in the Villages and around it.

https://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/577/lantana-camara-lantana/

[Nana2Teddy]

Hmm… we purposely planted Lantana in our backyard landscape because it attracts butterflies, but not bees. We love it! Ours are small plants though. Very short and clustered together, not tall and spreading everywhere. The butterfly gardens in the villages purposely plants them too. I’ve never seen invasive lantana, not even in SoCal where we had it in our backyard. In fact, we struggled to get it to grow into a decent looking bush in California.

[Taltarzac725]

Hmm… we purposely planted Lantana in our backyard landscape because it attracts butterflies, but not bees. We love it! Ours are small plants though. Very short and clustered together, not tall and spreading everywhere. The butterfly gardens in the villages purposely plants them too. I’ve never seen invasive lantana, not even in SoCal where we had it in our backyard. In fact, we struggled to get it to grow into a decent looking bush in California.

There are different kinds of lantana.



ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/lantana-camara)

Lantana camara and several related species (L. indica, L. crenulato, L. trifolia, L. lilacina, L. involuerata, and L. sellowiance) are toxic ornamental shrubs. They are originally from tropical America, but have spread through many of the tropical and subtropical locations of the world. Its weedy nature and subsequent potential to poison livestock are exacerbated by its highly allelopathic nature that reduces alternative forage. Consequently, Lantana has dominated many plant communities. For example, in Fiji it is an aggressive weed that dominates nearly 50% of the available grazing land. Lantana infestations have been described in Australia, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, and many of the Caribbean and South Pacific islands. In grazing animals, Lantana-induced hepatotoxicity can cause high morbidity and mortality. Fatal poisoning has been reported in children ingesting green Lantana berries.

[Taltarzac725]

Lantana Plants – Potential Invasive Issues Explained – Thriving Yard (https://thrivingyard.com/lantana-plants-invasive-issues/)

Working on identifying and buying a stump killer which will work on lantana camara.

[manaboutown]

Kind of a Jimsonweed - Kudzu combo?

[Taltarzac725]

| Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants | University of Florida, IFAS (https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/lantana-camara/)

More information.

[Taltarzac725]

Almost have this huge problem solved. Cut it down to a stump and put some stump killer in it after drilling some holes. Will have to see how it looks in a few months.

[Taltarzac725]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/who-are-the-guests-that-never-left-new-book-documents-india-s-invasive-alien-plants/ar-AA1jWF5c

This stuff is very hard to get through.

The growth of lantana, which is one the few well-documented invasive species, threatens 40 per cent of India’s tiger habitats.

[Taltarzac725]

Lantana invasion threatens 40 percent of India’s tiger habitat, reports study (https://india.mongabay.com/2020/08/lantana-invasion-threatens-40-percent-of-indias-tiger-habitat-reports-study/#Indian%20Forests:%20Green%20Cover%20Is%20Not%20Al ways%20Forest%20Cover)

That map is scary.

The picture with the group of men with a lantana camera branch looks like what I had to chop up on the side of our house. And the only things that worked was a machete and a pole saw.

[dismay]

ditto

[Taltarzac725]

ditto

The Villages has so many lawn and yard workers with eyes on the grounds that it will be a long time before lantana camera could get a foothold unlike many other places.

Still you do not want of these things in your yard. They can show up on bird's feet and on the wind and the like.

I still cannot figure out where this came from unless a neighbor bought a lantana that had been mislabeled by a local nursery as one of the benign lantana species. And then the neighbor got rid of it and a bird or something else go the seeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBV3mAaJbFo "The PROBLEM with Lantana Camara".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPk-sh0G4AI "How to identify NATIVE Lantana vs. INVASIVE Lantana camara?"

Wild Floridian - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@WildFloridian)