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Eugenia confusa DC.
Ironwood, Redberry stopper

Family: Myrtaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies.

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

FNAI State Status: S2S3

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Eugenia confusa
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann

Other data on Eugenia confusa available from :
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Eugenia confusa has been found in the following 18 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Alice C. Wainwright Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Not Native, Naturalized
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Not Native, Naturalized
Enchanted Forest Park Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Meissner Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve Present Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Present Native
Sewell Park Present Native
Simpson Park Present Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park Present Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Present Native


Eugenia confusa has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Martin County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native


Eugenia confusa has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Coastal Berm
Rockland Hammock


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Eugenia confusa
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann
Eugenia confusa
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann

Eugenia confusa
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Eugenia confusa
Copyright by: Shirley Denton