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Ammannia coccinea Rottb.
Scarlet ammannia, Valley redstem

Ammannia coccinea

Family: Lythraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old Wold.

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

Comments: For images, click on the USDA PLANTS and Altas of Florida Vascular Plants links below.

Other data on Ammannia coccinea available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Ammannia coccinea has been found in the following 19 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Present Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve Present Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area Present Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Holey Land Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Long Key State Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center Present Native
Secret Woods Nature Center Present Native

Ammannia coccinea has been found in the following 5 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Palm Beach County Native

Ammannia coccinea has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Wetland

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Ammannia coccinea