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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 ...

TAMPA — Like a lot of residents, Tampa's most prevalent tree is not a native to the city. It's the Brazilian pepper, an invader from South America, followed by the cabbage palm and laurel oak ...

If you’ve got a Brazilian pepper tree, you’ve got the makings of a pretty good compost pile about now. Brazilian peppers are shedding old leaves to make room for new as they “rain” tiny ...

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.

ADAMS RANCH — Brazilian pepper trees, an invasive species covering over 700,000 acres of Florida, may have met their match: an insect about the size of a sugar ant. "We're expecting big things ...

GALVESTON, Texas - Conservationists will be going door to door this winter battling to obliterate Chinese tallow and Brazilian pepper trees. They hope the campaign will deliver a knockout punch to ...

Brazilian pepper tree covers 700,000 acres of the state; The group in Pasco Palms Preserve is the second released in Tampa Bay; More Pasco County headlines "They are a plant-feeding insect.