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Guaiacum sanctum L.
Lignumvitae, Holywood lignumvitae

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Zygophyllaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Imperiled

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Synonyms: Guajacum is an orthographic variant.

Other data on Guaiacum sanctum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Guaiacum sanctum has been found in the following 13 conservation areas :
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only