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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Conocarpus erectus L.
Buttonwood

Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Combretaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Preliminary IRC Status: Apparently Secure

Native Range: Bermuda, the West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America, South America, Galapagos Islands and western Africa.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus.

Other data on Conocarpus erectus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Conocarpus erectus has been reported for the following 3 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Mangrove Swamp
Open Coastal Uplands
Pineland

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Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park,
Monroe County, Florida
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Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Conocarpus erectus
Copyright by: Eric Fleites