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Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
Common buttonbush

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central North America, the Greater Antilles (Cuba), Mexico and Central America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Cephalanthus occidentalis available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Cephalanthus occidentalis has been found in the following 80 conservation areas :
Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Barley Barber Swamp	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Hawk's Hammock Park	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Holey Land Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Miramar Pineland	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	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
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Recorded as Present in Error
Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Scrub Oak Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Cephalanthus occidentalis has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native