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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Tillandsia variabilis Schltdl.
Soft-leaved wild-pine, Leatherleaf airplant

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2013
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida

Family: Bromeliaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Epiphyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

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

State of Florida Status: Threatened

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

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. Known from the Florida Keys from one small island in the upper Keys.

Other data on Tillandsia variabilis available from :


Tillandsia variabilis has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native




Tillandsia variabilis has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Rockland Hammock


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Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2013
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Tillandsia variabilis
Copyright by: George D. Gann