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Florida Endemic Plants in Broward County

          Plants that grow natively nowhere else in the world, except Florida, are Florida endemic. Some of these Florida endemic plants grow natively in Broward and other Florida counties. Endemic plants are interesting to some of us because they are particularly adapted to this place on earth. Either their niche requirements occur nowhere else, or they haven't migrated. Sometimes a special relatiosnhip between one insect and one species is required for pollination. A few are presumed extirpated in Broward County (note double asterisks).

          Future research will reveal more about the native status of these plants and their taxa. The information below is based on the Floristic Inventory of South Florida completed in 2002 and published online by the Institute for Regional Conservation. If you would like to suggest a correction or improvement to any information on this page (on elsewhere on our site), we want to hear from you (Richard@Brownscombe.net).

          Click the links below to see the plant photo (in most cases) and additional information in the Floristic Inventory of South Florida (FISF). Some species have additional icon links on the FISF webpage: 1) to the USDA database, 2) the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, and/or 3) to the IRC Natives for Your Neighborhood.

          *Listed as a Broward native only in the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, not according to the FISF.
          **Presumed extirpated or possibly extirpated in Broward County.
          ***Doubtful, only listed in the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants with no online specimen, not listed in the FISF.

Genus species subsp. or var. Common Name  
 Asclepias curtissii   CURTISS' MILKWEED  
 Bigelowia nudata  australis PINELAND RAYLESS GOLDENROD  
 *Callisia ornata   FLORIDA SCRUB ROSELING  
 Campanula floridana   FLORIDA BELLFLOWER  
 **Carya floridana   SCRUB HICKORY  
 Chamaesyce conferta   EVERGLADE KEY SANDMAT  
 Chamaesyce cumulicola   COASTAL DUNE SANDMAT; SAND DUNE SPURGE
 Clematis baldwinii   PINE-HYACINTH  
**Coreopsis floridana   FLORIDA TICKSEED  
**Dalea pinnata adenopoda SUMMER FAREWELL  
 Echinochloa paludigena   FLORIDA COCKSPUR  
 Elytraria caroliniensis angustifolia CAROLINA SCALYSTEM  
 Eupatorium mikanioides   SEMAPHORE THOROUGHWORT  
 Glandularia maritima   COASTAL MOCK VERVAIN  
 Jacquemontia reclinata   BEACH CLUSTERVINE; BEACH JACQUEMONTIA  
 ***Juncus paludosus  
 Lechea cernua   NODDING PINWEED; SCRUB PINWEED  
 Lechea divaricata   DRYSAND PINWEED; SPREADING PINWEED  
 *Lobelia feayana   BAY LOBELIA  
 Mecardonia acuminata peninsularis AXILFLOWER  
 **Nemastylis floridana   CELESTIAL LILY; FALLFLOWERING IXIA  
 Palafoxia feayi   FEAY'S PALAFOX  
 *Pectis linearifolia   FLORIDA CINCHWEED  
 Polygala rugelii   YELLOW MILKWORT  
 Polygala smallii   SMALL'S MILKWORT; TINY POLYGALA  
 Polygonella ciliata   HAIRY JOINTWEED  
 Polygonella polygama brachystachya OCTOBER FLOWER  
 Ruellia succulenta   THICKLEAF WILD PETUNIA  
 Sabal etonia   SCRUB PALMETTO  
 *Sabal    x miamiensis  
 **Schoenocaulon dubium   FLORIDA FEATHERSHANK  
 Tephrosia angustissima  curtissii CURTISS' HOARYPEA  
 Tephrosia rugelii   RUGEL'S HOARYPEA  

 

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