Keys Cactus Barren
There are 74 taxa reported for the Keys Cactus Barren habitat.
A short description of the Keys Cactus Barren community from The Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) is “small openings on flatland with exposed limestone; xeric; restricted to Keys; marine influence; open, herbaceous vegetation with some cacti, agave, and stunted trees; three-spined pricklypear, erect pricklypear, barbed wire cactus, Yucatan fly mallow, Florida Keys indigo, skyblue clustervine, dwarf bindweed.” A full description can be found in FNAI's 2010 Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida. This community was formerly referred to as Coastal Rock Barren.
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Abutilon permolle |
Coastal Indian mallow |
Native
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Acanthocereus tetragonus |
Barbwire cactus, Dildoe cactus |
Native
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Agalinis maritima |
Saltmarsh false foxglove |
Native
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Agave decipiens |
False-sisal |
Native
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Agave sisalana |
Sisal-hemp |
Not Native, Naturalized
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Ageratum maritimum |
Keys ageratum |
Native
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Alternanthera flavescens |
Yellow joyweed |
Native
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Argythamnia blodgettii |
Blodgett’s wild mercury, Blodgett’s silverbush |
Native
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Batis maritima |
Saltwort, Turtleweed |
Native
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Bidens alba var. radiata |
Spanish-needles |
Native
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Blutaparon vermiculare |
Samphire, Silverhead |
Native
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Borrichia arborescens |
Green sea-oxeye-daisy, Tree seaside oxeye |
Native
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Borrichia frutescens |
Silver sea-oxeye-daisy, Bushy seaside oxeye |
Native
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Borrichia x cubana |
Cuban sea-oxeye-daisy |
Native
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Bursera simaruba |
Gumbo-limbo |
Native
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Caesalpinia bonduc |
Gray nicker-bean |
Native
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Casuarina equisetifolia |
Australian-pine, Horsetail casuarina |
Not Native, Naturalized
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Cenchrus incertus |
Coastal sandbur |
Native
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Chromolaena frustrata |
Cape Sable thoroughwort |
Native
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Cienfuegosia yucatanensis |
Yucatan flymallow |
Native
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Cissus trifoliata |
Marinevine, Sorrelvine |
Native
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Colubrina asiatica |
Latherleaf, Asian nakedwood |
Not Native, Naturalized
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Commelina erecta |
Whitemouth dayflower |
Native
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Conocarpus erectus |
Buttonwood |
Native
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Cuscuta pentagona |
Fiveangled dodder |
Native
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Cyperus elegans |
Royal flatsedge |
Native
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Cyperus fuligineus |
Limestone flatsedge |
Native
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Cyperus squarrosus |
Bearded flatsedge |
Native
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Euphorbia blodgettii |
Limestone sandmat |
Native
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Euphorbia garberi |
Garber's sandmat, Garber's spurge |
Native
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Euphorbia ogdenii |
Ogden's sandmat |
Native
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Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides |
Slender dwarf morning-glory |
Native
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Evolvulus convolvuloides |
Bindweed dwarf morningglory, Dwarf bindweed |
Native
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Fimbristylis cymosa |
Hurricane sedge, Hurricanegrass |
Not Native, Naturalized
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Flaveria linearis |
Narrowleaf yellowtops |
Native
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Gossypium hirsutum |
Wild cotton, Upland cotton |
Native
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Hibiscus poeppigii |
Poeppig’s rosemallow |
Native
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Indigofera mucronata var. keyensis |
Florida Keys indigo |
Native
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Jacquemontia pentanthos |
Skyblue clustervine |
Native
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Jacquinia keyensis |
Joewood |
Native
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Leptochloa dubia |
Green spangletop |
Native
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Mecardonia procumbens |
Baby jumpup |
Native
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Metopium toxiferum |
Poisonwood, Florida poisontree |
Native
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Opuntia abjecta |
Jumping cactus |
Native
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Opuntia ochrocentra |
Bullsuckers |
Native
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Opuntia stricta |
Erect pricklypear |
Native
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Paspalidium chapmanii |
Coral panicum |
Native
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Paspalum caespitosum |
Blue paspalum, Blue crowngrass |
Native
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Pentalinon luteum |
Wild-allamanda, Hammock viperstail |
Native
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Phyllanthus caroliniensis subsp. saxicola |
Rock Carolina leafflower |
Native
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Pithecellobium keyense |
Florida Keys blackbead |
Native
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Pithecellobium unguis-cati |
Cat’s-claw, Catclaw blackbead |
Native
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Portulaca oleracea |
Purslane, Little hogweed |
Doubtfully Native
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Portulaca rubricaulis |
Stalked purslane, Redstem purslane |
Native
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Quadrella cynophallophora |
Jamaica caper-tree |
Native
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Randia aculeata |
White indigoberry |
Native
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Rhabdadenia biflora |
Mangrove rubbervine, Mangrovevine |
Native
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Rhynchosia minima |
Least snoutbean |
Native
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Schinus terebinthifolius |
Brazilian-pepper |
Not Native, Naturalized
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Sesuvium portulacastrum |
Perennial sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane |
Native
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Sida abutifolia |
Spreading fanpetals |
Native
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Sophora tomentosa var. truncata |
Yellow necklacepod |
Native
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Sporobolus pyramidatus |
Whorled dropseed |
Native
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Sporobolus virginicus |
Seashore dropseed |
Native
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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis |
Blue porterweed, Joee |
Native
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Tillandsia flexuosa |
Banded wild-pine, Twisted airplant |
Native
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Tillandsia paucifolia |
Twisted wild-pine, Potbelly airplant |
Native
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Tillandsia recurvata |
Ball-moss |
Native
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Tillandsia utriculata |
Giant wild-pine, Giant airplant |
Native
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Urochloa adspersa |
Dominican signalgrass |
Native
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Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana |
Sweet acacia |
Native
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Varronia bullata subsp. humilis |
Butterflybush, Curacao bush, Bloodberry |
Native
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Waltheria indica |
Sleepy morning |
Native
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Yucca aloifolia |
Spanish-bayonet, Aloe yucca |
Native
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