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Shell Key Preserve Plant List |
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Scientific Name
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Common Name(s)
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Family Name
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Generic Family Description
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FDA Rank 1
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FLEPPC Exotic 2
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Govt Exotic 3
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Grasses |
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Cenchrus incertus
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coast sandbur
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Distichlis spicata
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saltgrass, seashore saltgrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Eustachys petraea
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finger grass, 5-Stem, pinewoods fingergrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Panicum amarum
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bitter panicum, beachgrass, bitter panicgrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Paspalum distichum
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creeping grass, knotgrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Paspalum vaginatum
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salt joint grass, seashore paspalum, seashore crowngrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Spartina alterniflora
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smooth cordgrass, saltmarsh chordgrass, saltwater
chordgrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Spartina patens
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marshay cordgrass, saltmeadow chordgrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Sporobolus virginicus
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Virginia dropseed, seashore dropseed
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Uniola sessiliflora
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seaoats
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Sedges
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Cyperus polystachyos
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Nuttall's cyperus, manyspike flatsedge
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CYPERACEAE
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Sedge
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Fimbristylis cymosa
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spike rush, hurricanegrass
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CYPERACEAE
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Sedge
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Fimbristylis spp.
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salt marsh fimbristylis
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CYPERACEAE
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Sedge
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Herbs and Forbs |
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Dicots |
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Aster tenuifolius
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perennial saltmarsh aster
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Atriplex pentandra
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sand atriplex, seabeach orach, crested saltbush
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CHENOPODIACEAE
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Goosefoot
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Bidens pilosa
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Spanish needles
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Blutaparon vermiculare
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marsh samphire, silverhead, samphire
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AMARANTHACEAE
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Amaranth
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Cakile lanceolata
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coastal searocket
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BRASSICACEAE
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Mustard
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Chamaesyce mesembrianthemifolia
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seaside spurge, woody spurge, coastalbeach sandmat
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EUPHORBIACEAE
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Spurge
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Chrysopsis spp.
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goldenaster
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Cynanchum angustifolium
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coastal cynanchum, gulf coast swallowort
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ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Milkweed
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Eustoma exaltatum
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catchfly prairie-gentian, marshgentian
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GENTIANACEAE
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Gentian
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Gaillardia pulchella
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firewheel, gaillardia, blanketflower
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Gaura angustifolia
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southern gaura, southern bleeblossom
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ONAGRACEAE
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Evening-Primrose
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Gomphrena serrata
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globe amaranth, arrasa con todo
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AMARANTHACEAE
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Amaranth
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Helianthus debilis vestitus
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beach sunflower, dune sunflower
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Ipomoea imperatii
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beach morningglory
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CONVOLVULACEAE
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Morning-Glory
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Ipomoea pes-caprae brasiliensis
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railroad-vine, bayhops
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CONVOLVULACEAE
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Morning-Glory
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Limonium cardinianum
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sealavender, Carolina sealavender
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PLUMBAGINACEAE
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Leadwort
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Oenothera humifusa
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beach eveningprimrose
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ONAGRACEAE
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Evening-Primrose
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Opuntia stricata
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erect pricklypear
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CACTACEAE
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Cactus
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Phyla nodiflora
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carpetweed, turkey-tangle frog-fruit, frog-fruit
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VERBENACEAE
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Verbena
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Physalis walteri
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groundcherry, starry-hair groundcherry
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SOLANACEAE
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Nightshade
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Poinsettia cyathophora
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paintedleaf, wild poinsettia
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EUPHORBIACEAE
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Spurge
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Poinsettia heterophylla
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fiddler's spurge, Mexican fireplant
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EUPHORBIACEAE
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Spurge
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Polygala grandiliflora
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showy milkwort
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POLYGALACEAE
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Milkwort
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Polygala polygama
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racemed milkwort
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POLYGALACEAE
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Milkwort
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Polypremum procumbens
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logan, rustweed, juniperleaf
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LOGANIACEAE
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Logania
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Salicornia perennis
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perennial glasswort, Virginia glasswort
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CHENOPODIACEAE
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Goosefoot
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Samolus ebracteatus
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water pimpernel, limewater brookweed
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PRIMULACEAE
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Primrose
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Sesuvium portulacastrum
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sea-purslane, sea pickle, shoreline sea-purslane
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AIZOACEAE
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Mesembryanthemum
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Solidago sempervirens
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seaside goldenrod
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Suaeda linearis
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sea blite, annual seepweed
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CHENOPODIACEAE
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Goosefoot
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Trees and Shrubs |
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Monocots |
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Sabal palmetto
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cabbage palm
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ARECACEAE
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Palm
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Yucca aloifolia
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Spanish bayonet, aloe yucca
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AGAVACEAE
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Agave
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Dicots |
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Avicennia germinans
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black mangrove
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AVICENNIACEAE
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Black Mangrove
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Baccharis halimifolia
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salt bush, groundsel tree, seamyrtle
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Batis maritima
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saltwort, turtleweed
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BATACEAE
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Saltwort
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Borrichia frutescens
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sea oxeye, sea daisies, bushy seaside oxeye
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Caesalpinia bonduc
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gray nickerbean, gray nicker
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FABACEAE
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Pea
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Casuarina equisetifolia
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Australian-pine, horsetail casuarina
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CASUARINACEAE
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Beefwood
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Coccoloba uvifera
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seagrape, seasidegrape
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POLYGONACEAE
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Buckwheat
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Conocarpus erectus
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buttonwood, button mangrove
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COMBRETACEAE
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Combretum
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Croton punctatus
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beach tea, gulf croton
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EUPHORBIACEAE
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Spurge
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Dalbergia ecastophyllum
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coinvine
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FABACEAE
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Pea
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Heliotropium curassavicum
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seaside heliotrope, salt heliotrope
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BORAGINACEAE
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Borage
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Iva frutescens
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marsh-elder, bigleaf marsh-elder, bigleaf sumpweed
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Iva imbricata
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beach elder, seacoast marshelder
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Laguncularia racemosa
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white mangrove
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COMBRETACEAE
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Combretum
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Lantana involucrata
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lantana, wild sage, buttonsage
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VERBENACEAE
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Verbena
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Rhizophora mangle
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red mangrove
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RHIZOPORACEAE
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Mangrove
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Scaevola plumieri
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inkberry, beachberry, Plumier's half-flower, gullfeed
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GOODENIACEAE
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Goodenia
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Scaevola sericea
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half-flower, beach naupaka
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GOODENIACEAE
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Goodenia
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1 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services -
Notes on Florida's Endangered and Threatened Plants - 3rd Ed.- 2000
E = endangered T = threatened CE = commercially exploited
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2 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - 1999
I = Category I, species that are
invading and disrupting native plant communities
II = Category II, species that have shown
a potential to disrupt native plant communities
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3 Government Rank
P = prohibited by FL Dept Env. Protection
N = Noxious weed as listed by the FL Dept.
of Agriculture
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