Open Coastal Uplands

There are 56 taxa reported for the Open Coastal Uplands habitat
in the Bahama Archipelago

Open coastal uplands including coastal rocks, sand strand and Uniola communities
Habitats:
Scientific Name: Common Name: Bahamas Native Status:
Agave bahamana Bahama century plant Native
Agave sisalana Sisal Not Native, Naturalized
Alternanthera maritima Beach Alternanthera Native
Alternanthera paronichyoides Knotweed achyranthes Native
Blutaparon vermiculare Saltweed, Samphire Native
Bulbostylis floccosa Wilson’s stenophyllus Native
Canavalia rosea Bay-bean, Horse-bean Native
Casasia clusiifolia Seven-year apple Native
Cenchrus myosuroides Spiked foxtail grass Native
Cenchrus tribuloides Dune sandbur, Large burgrass Native
Coccoloba uvifera Sea grape Native
Coccothrinax inaguensis Native
Conocarpus erectus Buttonwood Native
Cyperus correllii Native
Cyperus planifolius Coast Cyperus, Sand Cyperus Native
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Crowfoot grass, Egyptian grass Not Native, Naturalized
Digitaria bicornis Asian crabgrass (Florida Atlas, PLANTS) Not Native, Naturalized
Echites umbellatus Danish, Devil's potato-root, Rubber-vine, Wild potato Native
Eragrostis prolifera Tall lovegrass Native
Eragrostis urbaniana Urban's lovegrass (PLANTS) Native
Erithalis fruticosa Black torch, Parrot apple, Pigeon berry Native
Eugenia foetida Black wattle, Box leaf stopper, Gurgeon stopper, Spanish stopper, Stopper bush Native
Eustachys petraea Fingergrass, West Indian grass Native
Fimbristylis inaguensis West Indian Fimbristylis Native
Galactia rudolphioides Red milk-pea Native
Iresine diffusa New-burn weed Native
Iresine flavescens Bahama Iresine, Coastal Iresine Native
Jacquinia keyensis Cudjoe wood, Ironwood, Joe-bush, Joe-wood, Wash wood Native
Lantana involucrata Big sage, Wild sage Native
Leucaena leucocephala Cow-bush, Jimbay, Jumbay, Jumbie bean, Jump-and-go, Lead tree Not Native, Naturalized
Lithophila muscoides Mosslike Lithophila Native
Melanthera nivea Melanthera Native
Muhlenbergia capillaris Long-awned hairgrass, Purplegrass Native
Panicum amarum Sea-beach grass Native
Panicum repens Torpedo grass Not Native, Naturalized
Paspalum saugetii Blue crowngrass (PLANTS) Native
Paspalum vaginatum Joint grass, Knot grass, Sheathed Paspalum Native
Pilosocereus robinii Bahama dildo Native
Pithecellobium keyense Black bead, Ram’s-horn Native
Randia aculeata Box briar, Ink berry, Prickle bush, Steel wood, White indigo berry Native
Salmea petrobioides Bushy Salmea, Shanks Native
Scaevola taccada Beach naupaka (Florida Atlas, PLANTS) Not Native, Naturalized
Sesuvium portulacastrum Sea purslane Native
Setaria macrosperma Large foxtail grass Native
Sporobolus domingensis Dominican dropseed grass Native
Sporobolus virginicus Seashore rushgrass Native
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Blue flower, Jamaica vervain, Rat tail Native
Stenotaphrum secundatum Running crabgrass, St. Augustine grass Not Native, Naturalized
Suaeda nigra Bushy sea-blite Native
Suriana maritima Bay cedar, Tassel plant Native
Tournefortia gnaphalodes Bay lavender Native
Uniola paniculata Sea oats Native
Uniola virgata Spikegrass Native
Yucca aloifolia Spanish bayonet Native
Zamia lucayana Bahama Bay-rush, Long Island coontie Native
Zanthoxylum fagara Prickly ash, Satin-wood, Wild Lime Native