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Diodia teres Walter
Poor joe, Rough buttonweed

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: United States, Greater Antilles, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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Other data on Diodia teres available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Diodia teres has been found in the following 39 conservation areas :
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Reported
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Hawk's Hammock Park	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
LaBelle Nature Park	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Miramar Pineland	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Diodia teres has been found in the following 6 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native