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Chiococca alba (L.) A.S. Hitchc.
Common snowberry, Milkberry

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Bermuda, southeastern United States (peninsular Florida, extreme southern Texas), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South 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

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Other data on Chiococca alba available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Chiococca alba has been found in the following 134 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Barley Barber Swamp	Present	Native
Bartlett Estate	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	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
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Reported
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Hollywood North Beach Regional Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	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
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Kitchen Key	Present	Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Reported
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	Present	Native
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Radnor Beach Park	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rock Pit 34	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Spanish River Park	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stuart Beach Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Reported
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Chiococca alba has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native