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Psidium cattleianum Sabine
Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Myrtaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

FLEPPC Status: Category I Invasive

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Psidium cattleianum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Psidium cattleianum has been found in the following 29 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Blazingstar Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Danforth Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Daskas Present Not Native, Naturalized
Delray Oaks Natural Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dupuis Reserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Gomez Present Not Native, Naturalized
Grassy Waters Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Halpatiokee Regional Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hawk's Hammock Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Kiplinger Present Not Native, Naturalized
Koreshan State Historic Site Present Not Native, Naturalized
Loxahatchee River Natural Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Peck Lake Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized
Prairie Pines Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Riverbend Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Savannas Preserve State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Seabranch Preserve State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Silver Palm Groves Present Not Native, Naturalized
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Tilton Present Not Native, Naturalized

Psidium cattleianum has been found in the following 7 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Not Native, Naturalized
Charlotte County Not Native, Naturalized
Glades County Not Native, Naturalized
Lee County Not Native, Naturalized
Martin County Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County Not Native, Naturalized
Palm Beach County Not Native, Naturalized

Psidium cattleianum has been found in the following 7 habitats :
Alluvial Forest
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland
Hydric Hammock
Mesic Flatwoods
Rockland Hammock
Wet Flatwoods

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Psidium cattleianum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Psidium cattleianum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Psidium cattleianum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Psidium cattleianum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr