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Zanthoxylum coriaceum A. Rich
Biscayne prickly-ash

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Rutaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Greater Antilles, Bahamas).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Vulnerable

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more information, see our species account and our Natives For Your Neighborhood website. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Other data on Zanthoxylum coriaceum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Zanthoxylum coriaceum has been found in the following 6 conservation areas :
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Recorded as Present in Error
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Zanthoxylum coriaceum has been found in the following 3 counties :
Broward County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Palm Beach County	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated