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Keys Cactus Barren

There are 74 taxa reported for the Keys Cactus Barren habitat.

A short description of the Keys Cactus Barren community from The Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) is “small openings on flatland with exposed limestone; xeric; restricted to Keys; marine influence; open, herbaceous vegetation with some cacti, agave, and stunted trees; three-spined pricklypear, erect pricklypear, barbed wire cactus, Yucatan fly mallow, Florida Keys indigo, skyblue clustervine, dwarf bindweed.” A full description can be found in FNAI's 2010 Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida. This community was formerly referred to as Coastal Rock Barren.
Habitats:
Scientific Name: Common Name: South Florida Native Status:
Abutilon permolle Coastal Indian mallow Native
Acanthocereus tetragonus Barbwire cactus, Dildoe cactus Native
Agalinis maritima Saltmarsh false foxglove Native
Agave decipiens False-sisal Native
Agave sisalana Sisal-hemp Not Native, Naturalized
Ageratum maritimum Keys ageratum Native
Alternanthera flavescens Yellow joyweed Native
Argythamnia blodgettii Blodgett’s wild mercury, Blodgett’s silverbush Native
Batis maritima Saltwort, Turtleweed Native
Bidens alba var. radiata Spanish-needles Native
Blutaparon vermiculare Samphire, Silverhead Native
Borrichia arborescens Green sea-oxeye-daisy, Tree seaside oxeye Native
Borrichia frutescens Silver sea-oxeye-daisy, Bushy seaside oxeye Native
Borrichia x cubana Cuban sea-oxeye-daisy Native
Bursera simaruba Gumbo-limbo Native
Caesalpinia bonduc Gray nicker-bean Native
Casuarina equisetifolia Australian-pine, Horsetail casuarina Not Native, Naturalized
Cenchrus incertus Coastal sandbur Native
Chromolaena frustrata Cape Sable thoroughwort Native
Cienfuegosia yucatanensis Yucatan flymallow Native
Cissus trifoliata Marinevine, Sorrelvine Native
Colubrina asiatica Latherleaf, Asian nakedwood Not Native, Naturalized
Commelina erecta Whitemouth dayflower Native
Conocarpus erectus Buttonwood Native
Cuscuta pentagona Fiveangled dodder Native
Cyperus elegans Royal flatsedge Native
Cyperus fuligineus Limestone flatsedge Native
Cyperus squarrosus Bearded flatsedge Native
Euphorbia blodgettii Limestone sandmat Native
Euphorbia garberi Garber's sandmat, Garber's spurge Native
Euphorbia ogdenii Ogden's sandmat Native
Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides Slender dwarf morning-glory Native
Evolvulus convolvuloides Bindweed dwarf morningglory, Dwarf bindweed Native
Fimbristylis cymosa Hurricane sedge, Hurricanegrass Not Native, Naturalized
Flaveria linearis Narrowleaf yellowtops Native
Gossypium hirsutum Wild cotton, Upland cotton Native
Hibiscus poeppigii Poeppig’s rosemallow Native
Indigofera mucronata var. keyensis Florida Keys indigo Native
Jacquemontia pentanthos Skyblue clustervine Native
Jacquinia keyensis Joewood Native
Leptochloa dubia Green spangletop Native
Mecardonia procumbens Baby jumpup Native
Metopium toxiferum Poisonwood, Florida poisontree Native
Opuntia abjecta Jumping cactus Native
Opuntia ochrocentra Bullsuckers Native
Opuntia stricta Erect pricklypear Native
Paspalidium chapmanii Coral panicum Native
Paspalum caespitosum Blue paspalum, Blue crowngrass Native
Pentalinon luteum Wild-allamanda, Hammock viperstail Native
Phyllanthus caroliniensis subsp. saxicola Rock Carolina leafflower Native
Pithecellobium keyense Florida Keys blackbead Native
Pithecellobium unguis-cati Cat’s-claw, Catclaw blackbead Native
Portulaca oleracea Purslane, Little hogweed Doubtfully Native
Portulaca rubricaulis Stalked purslane, Redstem purslane Native
Quadrella cynophallophora Jamaica caper-tree Native
Randia aculeata White indigoberry Native
Rhabdadenia biflora Mangrove rubbervine, Mangrovevine Native
Rhynchosia minima Least snoutbean Native
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian-pepper Not Native, Naturalized
Sesuvium portulacastrum Perennial sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane Native
Sida abutifolia Spreading fanpetals Native
Sophora tomentosa var. truncata Yellow necklacepod Native
Sporobolus pyramidatus Whorled dropseed Native
Sporobolus virginicus Seashore dropseed Native
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Blue porterweed, Joee Native
Tillandsia flexuosa Banded wild-pine, Twisted airplant Native
Tillandsia paucifolia Twisted wild-pine, Potbelly airplant Native
Tillandsia recurvata Ball-moss Native
Tillandsia utriculata Giant wild-pine, Giant airplant Native
Urochloa adspersa Dominican signalgrass Native
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana Sweet acacia Native
Varronia bullata subsp. humilis Butterflybush, Curacao bush, Bloodberry Native
Waltheria indica Sleepy morning Native
Yucca aloifolia Spanish-bayonet, Aloe yucca Native