Family: Arecaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Eastern South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, possibly Cuba). Also recently discovered at Middle Cape Sable on the Monroe County mainland (J. Sadle, email comm. 2013).
NatureServe Global Status:
Rare
State of Florida Status:
Threatened
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Rare
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This is widespread along the southeastern Florida coast from west of Key West to central Palm Beach County; it is also abundant on the Miami Rock Ridge. It grows in pine rocklands and in shrubby coastal forests and thickets. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Rare in South Florida in July 2018.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website.
Synonyms:
C. argentea, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1907 by C.F. Millspaugh for the lower sandy Keys. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands from the lower Keys and also the lower sandy Keys. We consider this native and extant from the middle Keys to the lower sandy Keys; in the middle Keys, known only from Long Key State Park.
