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Agave decipiens Baker
False-sisal

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Asparagaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.

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: Cultivated

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	Occurrence	Native Status
Agave decipiens has been found in the following 56 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Doubtfully Present
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Doubtfully Present
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Kitchen Key	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Reported
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Doubtfully Present
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Reported
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Agave decipiens has been found in the following 5 counties :
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native