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Coastal Interdunal Swale

There are 72 taxa reported for the Coastal Interdunal Swale habitat.

A short description of the Coastal Interdunal Swale community from The Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) is “linear wetlands between dunes on sandy barrier islands; inundated by local rainfall events; Panhandle to central peninsula; herbaceous or shrubby; sawgrass, hairawn muhly, broomsedge, seashore paspalum, Baker’s cordgrass, saltmeadow cordgrass, wax myrtle, coastalplain willow.” A full description can be found in FNAI's 2010 Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida.
Habitats:
Scientific Name: Common Name: South Florida Native Status:
Acrostichum danaeifolium Giant leather fern Native
Agalinis maritima Saltmarsh false foxglove Native
Alternanthera flavescens Yellow joyweed Native
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus Common bushy bluestem Native
Avicennia germinans Black mangrove Native
Baccharis glomeruliflora Silverling Native
Baccharis halimifolia Saltbush, Groundsel tree, Sea-myrtle Native
Bacopa monnieri Water hyssop, Herb-of-grace Native
Batis maritima Saltwort, Turtleweed Native
Borrichia arborescens Green sea-oxeye-daisy, Tree seaside oxeye Native
Borrichia frutescens Silver sea-oxeye-daisy, Bushy seaside oxeye Native
Buchnera americana American bluehearts Native
Cenchrus incertus Coastal sandbur Native
Centella asiatica Coinwort, Spadeleaf Native
Chrysobalanus icaco Coco-plum Native
Cladium jamaicense Saw-grass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass Native
Conocarpus erectus Buttonwood Native
Cyperus ligularis Swamp flatsedge Native
Cyperus odoratus Fragrant flatsedge Native
Cyperus planifolius Flatleaf flatsedge Native
Echinochloa walteri Coast cockspur Native
Eleocharis albida White spikerush Native
Eleocharis cellulosa Gulf Coast spikerush Native
Eleocharis geniculata Canada spikerush Native
Eleocharis interstincta Knotted spikerush Native
Erigeron quercifolius Oakleaf fleabane, Southern fleanbane Native
Eustachys petraea Common fingergrass, Pinewoods fingergrass Native
Eustoma exaltatum Marsh gentian, Seaside gentian, Catchfly prairie-gentian Native
Fimbristylis cymosa Hurricane sedge, Hurricanegrass Not Native, Naturalized
Funastrum clausum Whitevine, White twinevine Native
Hydrocotyle umbellata Manyflower marshpennywort Native
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata Whorled marshpennywort Native
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos Virginia saltmarsh mallow Native
Lindernia dubia Yellowseed false-pimpernel Native
Lipocarpha micrantha Smallflower halfchaff sedge Native
Ludwigia curtissii Curtiss's primrosewillow Native
Ludwigia decurrens Wingleaf primrosewillow Native
Ludwigia octovalvis Mexican primrosewillow Native
Ludwigia peruviana Peruvian primrosewillow Not Native, Naturalized
Mikania cordifolia Florida Keys hempvine Native
Mikania scandens Climbing hempweed, Climbing hempvine Native
Muhlenbergia capillaris Muhlygrass, Hairawn muhly Native
Myrica cerifera Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry Native
Opuntia stricta Erect pricklypear Native
Paspalum vaginatum Seashore paspalum Native
Pentodon pentandrus Hale's pentodon Native
Phragmites australis Common reed Native
Phyla nodiflora Turkey tangle fogfruit, Capeweed, Frogfruit Native
Pluchea odorata Sweetscent Native
Polygonum hydropiperoides Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed Native
Proserpinaca palustris Mermaid weed, Marsh mermaidweed Native
Proserpinaca pectinata Mermaid weed, Combleaf mermaidweed Native
Rhabdadenia biflora Mangrove rubbervine, Mangrovevine Native
Rhizophora mangle Red mangrove Native
Rhynchospora colorata Starrush whitetop Native
Sabal palmetto Cabbage palm Native
Sagittaria lancifolia Bulltongue arrowhead, lance-leaved arrowhead Native
Salix caroliniana Coastal Plain willow Native
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis Elderberry, American elder Native
Samolus ebracteatus Water pimpernel, Limewater brookweed Native
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian-pepper Not Native, Naturalized
Schoenoplectus robustus Saltmarsh bulrush Native
Scleria ciliata var. curtissii Curtiss' nutrush Native
Serenoa repens Saw palmetto Native
Sesuvium portulacastrum Perennial sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane Native
Seutera angustifolia Vine milkweed, Gulf Coast swallowwort Native
Solidago sempervirens Seaside goldenrod Native
Spartina bakeri Sand cordgrass Native
Sporobolus virginicus Seashore dropseed Native
Thelypteris kunthii Southern shield fern Native
Tripsacum dactyloides Eastern gamagrass, Fakahatchee grass Native
Typha domingensis Southern cat-tail Native