Keys Cactus Barren
There are 71 taxa reported for the Keys Cactus Barren habitat
in the Florida Keys
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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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Habitats:
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| Scientific Name: |
Common Name: |
Florida Keys Native Status: |
| 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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| 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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| 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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