Beach Dune
There are 82 taxa reported for the Beach Dune habitat
in the Florida Keys
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The Beach Dune community is the active foredune in the zone of the constant wind, salt spray and periodic inundation by ocean waves. A short description from The Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) is “active coastal dune with sand substrate; xeric; statewide; rare or no fire; marine influence; open herbaceous vegetation with no canopy; sea oats, railroad vine, bitter panicum, and/or mixed salt-spray tolerant grasses and herbs.” A full description can be found in FNAI's 2010 Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida.
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Habitats:
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Common Name: |
Florida Keys Native Status: |
| Agave sisalana |
Sisal-hemp |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Alternanthera flavescens |
Yellow joyweed |
Native
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| Alternanthera maritima |
Seaside joyweed |
Native
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| Ambrosia hispida |
Beach ragweed, Coastal ragweed |
Native
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| Aristida purpurascens |
Arrowfeather threeawn |
Native
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| Atriplex cristata |
Beach orach, Crested saltbush |
Native
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| Avicennia germinans |
Black mangrove |
Native
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| Batis maritima |
Saltwort, Turtleweed |
Native
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| Bidens alba var. radiata |
Spanish-needles |
Native
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| Blutaparon vermiculare |
Samphire, Silverhead |
Native
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| Caesalpinia bonduc |
Gray nicker-bean |
Native
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| Cakile lanceolata |
Coastal searocket |
Native
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| Canavalia rosea |
Beach-bean, Baybean, Seaside jackbean |
Native
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| Casuarina equisetifolia |
Australian-pine, Horsetail casuarina |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Cenchrus echinatus |
Southern sandbur |
Native
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| Cenchrus incertus |
Coastal sandbur |
Native
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| Cenchrus myosuroides |
Big sandbur |
Native
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| Cenchrus tribuloides |
Sanddune sandbur |
Native
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| Coccoloba uvifera |
Seagrape |
Native
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| Cocos nucifera |
Coconut palm |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Colubrina asiatica |
Latherleaf, Asian nakedwood |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Commelina erecta |
Whitemouth dayflower |
Native
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| Conocarpus erectus |
Buttonwood |
Native
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| Crotalaria pumila |
Low rattlebox |
Native
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| Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis |
Vente conmigo |
Possibly Extirpated
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| Croton linearis |
Pineland croton, Grannybush |
Native
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| Croton punctatus |
Beach-tea, Gulf croton |
Not Native, Cultivated Only
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| Cuscuta umbellata |
Flatglobe dodder |
Possibly Extirpated
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| Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon |
Bermuda grass |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Cyperus planifolius |
Flatleaf flatsedge |
Native
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| Dactyloctenium aegyptium |
Crow's-foot grass, Durban crowfootgrass |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Dalbergia ecastaphyllum |
Coinvine |
Native
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| Ernodea littoralis |
Beach-creeper, Golden-creeper, Coughbush |
Native
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| Euphorbia bombensis |
Sand-dune spurge, Dixie sandmat |
Native
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| Euphorbia cyathophora |
Paintedleaf, Fire-on-the-mountain |
Native
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| Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia |
Seaside spurge, Coastal beach sandmat |
Native
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| Euphorbia trichotoma |
Sanddune spurge |
Possibly Extirpated
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| Eustachys petraea |
Common fingergrass, Pinewoods fingergrass |
Native
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| Fimbristylis cymosa |
Hurricane sedge, Hurricanegrass |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Galactia parvifolia |
Small-flowered milkpea |
Native
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| Helianthus debilis subsp. debilis |
East Coast dune sunflower |
Doubtfully Native
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| Heliotropium curassavicum |
Seaside heliotrope, Salt heliotrope |
Native
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| Hymenocallis latifolia |
Mangrove spiderlily, Perfumed spiderlily |
Native
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| Ipomoea imperati |
Beach morningglory |
Native
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| Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis |
Railroad vine, Bayhops |
Native
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| Iva imbricata |
Beach-elder, Seacoast marshelder |
Native
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| Jacquemontia havanensis |
Havana clustervine |
Native
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| Lantana camara |
Shrubverbena |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Leucaena leucocephala |
White leadtree |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Melanthera nivea |
Snow squarestem |
Native
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| Morinda citrifolia |
Indian mulberry |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Okenia hypogaea |
Beach-peanut, Burrowing four-o’clock |
Native
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| Opuntia stricta |
Erect pricklypear |
Native
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| Panicum amarum |
Beachgrass, Bitter panicgrass, Bitter panicum |
Native
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| Paspalum vaginatum |
Seashore paspalum |
Native
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| Phyllanthus abnormis |
Drummond’s leafflower |
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct
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| Physalis angustifolia |
Coastal groundcherry |
Native
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| Physalis walteri |
Walter’s groundcherry |
Native
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| Polygala violacea |
Candyweed, Showy milkwort |
Native
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| Portulaca oleracea |
Purslane, Little hogweed |
Doubtfully Native
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| Portulaca rubricaulis |
Stalked purslane, Redstem purslane |
Native
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| Rhizophora mangle |
Red mangrove |
Native
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| Sabal palmetto |
Cabbage palm |
Native
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| Scaevola plumieri |
Inkberry, Beachberry, Gullfeed |
Native
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| Scaevola taccada |
Beach naupaka |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Schinus terebinthifolius |
Brazilian-pepper |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Schizachyrium sanguineum |
Crimson bluestem |
Native
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| Serenoa repens |
Saw palmetto |
Native
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| Sesuvium maritimum |
Annual sea-purslane, Slender seapurslane |
Native
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| Sesuvium portulacastrum |
Perennial sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane |
Native
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| Sophora tomentosa var. truncata |
Yellow necklacepod |
Native
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| Spartina patens |
Marshhay cordgrass, Saltmeadow cordgrass |
Native
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| Sphagneticola trilobata |
Creeping wedelia, Creeping oxeye |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Sporobolus virginicus |
Seashore dropseed |
Native
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| Stenotaphrum secundatum |
St. Augustine grass |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Suaeda linearis |
Sea-blite, Annual seepweed |
Native
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| Suriana maritima |
Baycedar |
Native
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| Terminalia catappa |
Tropical-almond, West Indian-almond |
Not Native, Naturalized
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| Tournefortia gnaphalodes |
Sea-lavender, Sea-rosemary |
Native
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| Uniola paniculata |
Sea-oats |
Native
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| Vigna luteola |
Cow-pea, Hairypod cowpea |
Native
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| Yucca aloifolia |
Spanish-bayonet, Aloe yucca |
Native
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