SOUTH VENICE — For the South Venice Yacht club, Brazilian peppertrees are prey.
Thousands of pounds of the invasive plants lie dead in the “yachtless” nonprofit’s wake. More will follow. The group, primarily made up of retirees who kayak, is working toward protecting local mangroves one slice, chop and cut at a time.
Brazilian peppertrees are one of the most invasive plants throughout the state, according to experts. They wreak havoc across Florida by strangling helpless native plants to death and hijacking precious sunlight for themselves, impacting other plants beneath them…