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Guettarda scabra (L.) Vent.
Rough velvetseed

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies.

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

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Guettarda scabra available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Guettarda scabra has been found in the following 71 conservation areas :
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Reported
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
John Kunkel Small Pineland	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	Present	Native
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
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Rock Pit 34	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Reported
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Guettarda scabra has been found in the following 4 counties :
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Palm Beach County	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated