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Ernodea littoralis Sw.
Beach-creeper, Golden-creeper, Coughbush

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America (Belize). Reported for northern South America (Standley & Williams, 1975; Correll & Correll, 1982), apparently in error.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Ernodea littoralis available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Ernodea littoralis has been found in the following 52 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Don Pedro Island State Park	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hollywood North Beach Regional Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Reported
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Presumed Extirpated	Native, Cultivated Only
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Lovers Key State Park	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Recorded as Present in Error
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native, presumed Extirpated, now Cultivated Only
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Vanderbilt Beach County Park	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Reported

	Occurrence	Native Status
Ernodea littoralis has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native