MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Biologists may soon have another biological weapon in their war against the infamous Brazilian pepper tree: an army of jumping plant lice. These tiny insects — called Calophya ...

The Brazilian Pepper Tree is a member of the Anacardiaceae family, the same family that houses poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. Many people are allergic to all or parts of the tree, which ...

Brazilian pepper trees may be all over Tampa, but they aren't supposed to be The Brazilian pepper is a highly invasive plant that has berries that resemble holly.

Conservationists will be going door to door this winter battling to obliterate Chinese tallow and Brazilian pepper trees.

The money will pay for equipment to rid a recreation trail of the pest tree. Some residents who have declared war on the Brazilian pepper tree have gotten help in their fight to eradicate the ...

The Brazilian pepper tree is one of the most aggressive invasive species in Florida. Experts describe the tree as a serious threat to Florida's native habitat.

The Brazilian pepper tree, an invasive plant in the southern United States, is showing great potential in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.

Are your trees allelopathic? Not much growing underneath my Brazilian Pepper tree except more pepper tree suckers. Note that not much is growing in the nearby vegetable garden either.

UF scientists released 1,500 insects at Adams Ranch to see if thrips can kill the invasive tree that's invaded over 700,000 acres of Florida.

Control effort underway for Brazilian Pepper Tree According to Simpson, if the trees are cut down without an herbicide, they will grow back even thicker and be harder to get rid of the next time ...