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Gouania lupuloides (L.) Urb.
Chewstick, Whiteroot

Family: Rhamnaceae

Group: Dicot

Native Status: Native

Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Perennation: Perennial

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

IRC Status: Rare

Comments: For an image, visit the New York Botancial Garden's Ethnobotany and Floristics of Belize website.


Other data on Gouania lupuloides available from :
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Gouania lupuloides has been found in the following 19 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Alice C. Wainwright Park Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Reported
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native
Simpson Park Present Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native


Gouania lupuloides has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native


Gouania lupuloides has been found in the following 5 habitats :
Coastal Berm
Maritime Hammock
Mesic Hammock
Rockland Hammock
Shell Mound