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Vernonia blodgettii Small
Florida ironweed

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida and the Bahamas.

NatureServe Global Status: Rare

FNAI State Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Other data on Vernonia blodgettii available from :
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Vernonia blodgettii has been found in the following 41 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. 'Doug' Barnes Park Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Eachus Pineland Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum Present Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Lucille Hammock 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
Palm Drive Pineland Present Native
Pal-Mar Present Native
Picayune Strand State Forest Present Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary Present Native
Pine Shore Preserve Present Native
Prairie Pines Preserve Present Native
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Rock Pit #39 Present Native
Ron Ehman Park Present Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Native
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition Present Native
Terrestris Preserve Present Native
Tree Island Park Present Native
Trinity Pineland Present Native
West Biscayne Pineland Present Native


Vernonia blodgettii has been found in the following 10 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Hendry County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native


Vernonia blodgettii has been found in the following 6 habitats :
Depression Marsh
Marl Prairie
Mesic Flatwoods
Pine Rockland
Wet Flatwoods
Wet Prairie


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

Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Vernonia blodgettii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley