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Liatris garberi A. Gray
Garber’s gayfeather

Liatris garberi
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida and the Bahamas.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Liatris garberi available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Liatris garberi has been found in the following 17 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Blazingstar Preserve Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Doubtfully Present
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39 Doubtfully Present
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve Doubtfully Present
Picayune Strand State Forest Present Native
Sunny Palms Pineland Doubtfully Present
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve Present Native

Liatris garberi has been found in the following 8 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Hendry County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Palm Beach County Native

Liatris garberi has been found in the following habitat :
Mesic Flatwoods

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Liatris garberi
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley