Where it takes over everything dies, even the bugs and birds go away. You can't drive anywhere in the country without seeing it, and in some cases the stands go on for miles. The same goes for Brazilian Pepper and Casuarina (AKA "Australian Pine", although it is neither Australian or a conifer). All were deliberately introduced as "ornamentals".

I don't think its even worthwhile fighting these invaders anymore. We should just surrender the state to them, let them take over, and concentrate our resources where the Florida Peninsula is narrowest, just S of where it joins North America, draw a line there and try to hold them, keep them from spreading.

Let the State become an ecological free-fire zone, and use the resulting monotonous biological desolation to rub into the faces of those who think preserving the environment is purely an esthetic exercise, a waste of time we can no longer afford. The pest vegetation complements the human landscape of parking lots, strip malls and high-rises beautifully.