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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FORT PIERCE — Biologists want your help in the fight against one of Florida's most notorious invasive species. For decades, the ...

Q: I planted a Brazilian pepper tree last spring. It seemed to be growing well most of the summer, but now it appears to be dying. I water it a couple of times a week, but it doesn’t respond. Do you ...

Q: I have just read an article about the Brazilian pepper tree and wanted to know if it is illegal to have one in my garden. My neighbor has been complaining about it and wanted to know if I am ...

Q: The lot behind my house used to have a Brazilian pepper tree that would hang over our fence and drop its berries and reproduce. We fought it for years until we finally killed it. The same lot owner ...

A. It all depends on the variety of pepper tree you have. If you have the Schinus molle variety, also known as the Peruvian, American or the Californian pepper tree, you’re good to go. But if you have ...

Once affectionately known as Florida holly, Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) is a destructively invasive shrub or small tree. Female specimens bear lustrous red fruit in the cool season, ...