Indian Laurel
Ficus microcarpa
Found in suburban woodlands, also in a wide range of natural and semi-natural habitats. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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Do not plant. Listed invasive in Florida.
At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 13 Florida counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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
- Florida Invasive Species Council list
- FloraQuest: Florida (Weakley), phone app (app page)
- 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