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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cannabis sativa L.
Marijuana, Hemp

Cannabis sativa

Family: Cannabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Old World; widely cultivated worldwide and sometimes naturalized.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Assumed to be Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly cultivated outdoors in the Florida Keys. Reported as naturalized in the Florida Keys by the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, but a specimen at FLAS needs to be checked.

Other data on Cannabis sativa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants





Cannabis sativa has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Cannabis sativa