Weeping Fig
Ficus benjamina
Found in suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, and in a range of natural and semi-natural habitats. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you
Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 7 Florida counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Who uses this plant?
25CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Ficus
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Banisia myrsusalisSapodilla Borer Moth
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Erechthias minusculaCaribbean Scavenger Moth
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Glyphodes pyloalisBeautiful Glyphodes, Mulberry Moth
- Hemerophila divaDiva Hemerophila Moth
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
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- Lymire edwardsiiEdwards' Wasp Moth
- Marpesia eleucheaAntillean Daggerwing
- Marpesia petreusRuddy Daggerwing
- Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Pachylia ficusFig Sphinx, Large Fig Hornworm
- Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
- Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
- Tortyra slossoniaSlosson's Metalmark Moth, Ficus Budworm
- Azochis rufidiscalis
- Ornarantia dyari
- Tortyra iocyaneus
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
12BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ficus
- Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
- Icterus bullockiiBullock's Oriole
- Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
- Patagioenas leucocephalaWhite-crowned Pigeon
- Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
- Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
- Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
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- Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
- Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
Plant details
- Family
- Moraceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | SNA |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications