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Cynanchum blodgettii (A. Gray) Shinners
Blodgett's swallowwort

Family: Asclepiadaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the Bahamas.

State of Florida Status: Threatened

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Cynanchum blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Other data on Cynanchum blodgettii available from :
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Cynanchum blodgettii has been found in the following 48 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Alice C. Wainwright Park Doubtfully Present
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Black Creek Forest Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Coconut Creek Natural Area Recorded as Present in Error
Coral Pines Park Present Native
Coral Reef Park Present Native
Curry Hammock State Park Reported
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Recorded as Present in Error
Eachus Pineland Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
George N. Avery Pineland Present Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum Present Native
Goulds Pineland Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Reported
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Long Key/Flamingo Road Natural Area Recorded as Present in Error
Ludlam Pineland Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
Miami Metrozoo Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Present Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Present Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve Present Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area Recorded as Present in Error
Pine Ridge Sanctuary Present Native
Pine Shore Preserve Present Native
Porter-Russell Pineland Present Native
Prospect Road Natural Area Recorded as Present in Error
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Rock Pit #39 Present Native
Rockdale Pineland Present Native
Ron Ehman Park Present Native
Seminole Wayside Park Present Native
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area Recorded as Present in Error
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition Present Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve Reported
Trinity Pineland Present Native
Tropical Park Present Native
West Biscayne Pineland Present Native
Woodmont Natural Area Recorded as Present in Error


Cynanchum blodgettii has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native


Cynanchum blodgettii has been found in the following habitat :
Pine Rockland


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Cynanchum blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Cynanchum blodgettii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Cynanchum blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley