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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Corchorus hirsutus L.
Jack switch, Mallet, Woolly Corchorus, Wooly booger

Corchorus hirsutus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.

Other data on Corchorus hirsutus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Corchorus hirsutus has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Corchorus hirsutus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer