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Schaefferia frutescens Jacq.
Boxwood, Common Schaefferia, Florida boxwood, Yellow wood

Schaefferia frutescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In Habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013

Family: Celastraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, 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. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Schaefferia frutescens available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Schaefferia frutescens has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Schaefferia frutescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In Habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Schaefferia frutescens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Schaefferia frutescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Schaefferia frutescens
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Schaefferia frutescens
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley