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Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker-Gawl.
Corn plant

Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Asparagaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Range: Tropical Africa; widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Dracaena fragrans available from :

Dracaena fragrans has been found in the following 12 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Chernoff Hammock Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Oleta River State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
The Barnacle State Historic Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only



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Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Magha García Medina; Agrandar.
Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Magha García Medina; Agrandar.
Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Magha García Medina; Agrandar.
Dracaena fragrans
Copyright by: Magha García Medina; Agrandar.