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Acalypha alopecuroidea Jacq.
Foxtail copperleaf

Acalypha alopecuroidea
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
Naturalized at Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Family: Euphorbiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Central America (Panama) and South America (Venezuela); naturalized elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For an image, visit Burnt Umber's Flickr site.

Other data on Acalypha alopecuroidea available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Acalypha alopecuroidea has been found in the following 17 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big and Little George Hammocks Present Not Native, Naturalized
Black Creek Forest Present Not Native, Naturalized
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Not Native, Naturalized
Delray Beach Municipal Beach Present Not Native, Naturalized
Florida City Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Not Native, Naturalized
Harden Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center Assumed to be Present Not Native, Naturalized
Loveland Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Lucille Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Navy Wells Pineland 23 Present Not Native, Naturalized
Palm Drive Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Quail Roost Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Present Not Native, Naturalized
Rock Pit 39 Present Not Native, Naturalized
Silver Palm Groves Present Not Native, Naturalized
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized

Acalypha alopecuroidea has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County Not Native, Naturalized

Acalypha alopecuroidea has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Upland

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Acalypha alopecuroidea
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
Naturalized at Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Acalypha alopecuroidea
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
Naturalized at Lake Ida Park, Palm Beach County, Florida
Acalypha alopecuroidea
Copyright by: plantillustrations.org (public domain)
originally published in Jacquin, N.J. von, Icones plantarum rariorum, vol. 3: t. 620 (1786-1793).