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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Xylosma buxifolia A. Gray
Holly-leaved myroxylon

Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: James Johnson
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida. 2013.

Family: Salicaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

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

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: There is an illustration in Correll & Correll (p. 983).

For a specimen image, visit the New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.

Synonyms: Myroxylon ilicifolium.

Other data on Xylosma buxifolia available from :

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

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Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: James Johnson
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida. 2013.
Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann.
In habitat, Everglades Nationa Park, Florida. 2013.
Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann.
In habitat, Everglades Nationa Park, Florida. 2013.
Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann.
In habitat, Everglades Nationa Park, Florida. 2013.
Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann.
In habitat, Everglades Nationa Park, Florida. 2013.
Xylosma buxifolia
Copyright by: James Johnson
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida. 2013.