banyan or pippal?

Just to clear it up as it is often misunderstood, the inverted tree of BG and upanishads is अश्वत्थ , ashvattha, pippal (Hindi) tree, it is also the Bo tree. Its name means 'horse stand'. The banyan न्याग्रोध , nyagrodha, or Vata, is different. I have not seen pippal outside of S. Asia, but banyan grows in Florida, possibly California, I'm not sure.