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Weedon Island 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 Rank1
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FLEPPC Exotic2
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Govt Exotic3
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Grasses |
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Aristida spp.
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wiregrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Paspalum notatum
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bahia grass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Pennisetum purpureum
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elephantgrass, napier grass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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I
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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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Spartina spartinae
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gulfcoast cordgrass
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POACEAE
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Grass
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Sedges
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Cyperus spp.
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flatsedge
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CYPERACEAE
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Sedge
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Panicum hemitomon
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maidencane
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CYPERACEAE
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Sedge
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Rushes |
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Juncus roemerianus
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black rush
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JUNCACEAE
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Rush
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Herbs and Forbs |
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Monocots |
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Typha spp.
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cattail
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TYPHACEAE
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Cattail
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Xyris spp.
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yellow-eyed grass
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XYRIDACEAE
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Yellow Eyed Grass
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Dicots |
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Abrus precatorius
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rosary pea, blackeyed Susan
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FABACEAE
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Pea
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I
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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common ragweed, annual ragweed
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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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Bidens alba radiata
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beggar-ticks
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Callicarpa americana
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beautyberry
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VERBENACEAE
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Vervain
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Catharanthus roseus
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Madagascar periwinkle, oldmaid
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APOCYNACEAE
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Dogbane
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Chamaecrista nictitans nictitans
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wild sensitive plant, partridge-pea
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FABACEAE
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Pea
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Crotalaria spp.
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rattlebox
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FABACEAE
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Pea
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Erythrina herbacea
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coral bean
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FABACEAE
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Pea
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Eupatorium capillifolium
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dogfennel
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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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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Monarda punctata
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spotted beebalm, dotted horsemint
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LAMIACEAE
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Mint
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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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Lantana camara
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roadside lantana, shrubverbena
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VERBENACEAE
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Verbena
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I
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Liatris spp.
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blazing star
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Opuntia humifusa
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prickly-pear cactus, devil's-tongue
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CACTACEAE
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Cactaceae
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Phyla nodiflora
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turkey-tange, frog fruit, carpetweed
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VERBENACEAE
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Verbena
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Phytolacca americana
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pokeberry, American pokeweed
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PHYTOLACCACEAE
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Pokeweed
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Pluchea odorata
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shrubby camphorweed, saltmarsh fleabane
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Portulaca pilosa
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pink purslane, kiss-me-quick
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PORTULACACEAE
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Purslane
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Psychotria sulzneri
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shortleaf wild coffee
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RUBIACEAE
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Madder
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Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
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coastal blackroot
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Salicornia spp.
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glasswort
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CHENOPODIACEAE
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Goosefoot
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Salvia coccinea
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red sage
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LAMIACEAE
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Mint
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Solidago spp.
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goldenrod
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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Wedelia trilobata
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creeping oxeye, wedelia
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ASTERACEAE
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Aster
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II
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Ximenia americana
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tallow wood, hog plum
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OLACACEAE
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Olax
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Trees and Shrubs |
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Gymnosperms |
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Juniperis virginiana
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red cedar
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CURESSACEAE
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Cedar
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Pinus elliottii
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slash pine
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PINACEAE
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Pine
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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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Serenoa repens
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saw palmetto
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ARECACEAE
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Palm
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Yucca aloifolia
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Spanish dagger, 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 spp.
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baccharis
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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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Casuarina equisetifolia
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Australian pine, beach she-oak
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CASUARINACEAE
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Beefwood
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P
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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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Hypericum tetrapetalum
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four-petal St. John's-wart
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CLUSIACEAE
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St. John's Wort
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Ilex glabra
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gallberry, inkberry
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AQUIFOLIACEAE
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Holly Family
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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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Licania michauxii
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gopher-apple
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CHRYSOBALANACEAE
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Chrysobalanus
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Ludwigia grandiflora
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primrose-willow
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ONAGRACEAE
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Evening Primrose
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Lyonia ferruginea
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rusty lyonia, rusty staggerbush
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ERICACEAE
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Heath
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Myrica cerifera
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wax myrtle, southern bay berry
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MYRICACEAE
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Myrtle
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Osmanthus americanus
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wild olive, American devilwood
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OLEACEAE
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Olive
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Persea borbonia borbonia
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red bay
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LAURACEAE
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Laurel
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Quercus chapmanii
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Chapman's oak
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FAGACEAE
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Beech
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Quercus geminata
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sand live oak, scrub live oak
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FAGACEAE
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Beech
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Quercus incana
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bluejack oak
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FAGACEAE
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Beech
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Quercus laurifolia
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laurel oak, diamond oak
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FAGACEAE
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Beech
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Quercus myrtifolia
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myrtle oak
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FAGACEAE
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Beech
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Quercus virginiana
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Virginia live oak, live oak
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FAGACEAE
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Beech
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Rhizophora mangrove
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red mangrove
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RHIZOPORACEAE
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Mangrove
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Rhus copallina
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winged sumac
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ANACARDIACEAE
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Sumac
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Salix spp.
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willow
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SALICACEAE
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Willow
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Schinus terebinthifolius
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Brazilian pepper
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ANACARDIACEAE
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Sumac
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P,N
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Vaccinum myrsinites
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shiny blueberry
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ERICACEAE
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Heath
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Vines
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Monocots |
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Smilax spp.
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greenbrier
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SMILACACEAE
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Smilax
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Dicots |
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Ampelopsis arborea
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pepper vine
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VITACEAE
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Grape
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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Virginia creeper, woodvine
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VITACEAE
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Grape
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Toxicodendon radicans
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poison-ivy, Eastern poison-ivy
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ANACARDIACEAE
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Sumac
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Vitis spp.
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grape
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VITACEAE
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Grape
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Ferns and Allies |
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Acrostichum spp.
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leather fern
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PTERIDACEAE
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Brake Fern
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Pteridium aquilinum
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bracken fern
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DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
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Bracken Fern
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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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