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Chrysophyllum oliviforme L.
Satinleaf

Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Sapotaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern and eastern peninsular Florida and the West Indies.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

State of Florida Status: Threatened

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is widespread but scattered in South Florida. It grows in a wide variety of hardwood forests both in the interior and along the coast. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Rare in South Florida in July 2018.

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 Chrysophyllum oliviforme available from :

Chrysophyllum oliviforme has been found in the following 71 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Alice C. Wainwright Park Present Native
Arch Creek Park Present Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park Present Native
Barley Barber Swamp Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve Present Native
Boystown Pineland Present Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park 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
Chernoff Hammock Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Enchanted Forest Park Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Fern Forest Nature Center Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House Present Native
Grassy Waters Preserve Present Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve Present Native
Little Hamaca Park Present Native, Cultivated Only
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center Present Native
Loveland Hammock Present Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Present Native
Lucille Hammock Present Native
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23 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
Oleta River State Park Present Native, Cultivated Only
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area Present Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Present Native
Rockdale Pineland Present Native
Rocky Point Hammock Present Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native
Simpson Park Present Native
SOCSOUTH Present Native
South Beach Park Present Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park Present Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Tree Tops Park Present Native
Trinity Pineland Present Native
Twin Rivers Present Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Present Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center Present Native, Cultivated Only

Chrysophyllum oliviforme has been found in the following 8 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Collier County Native
Hendry County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native

Chrysophyllum oliviforme has been found in the following 6 habitats :
Maritime Hammock
Mesic Hammock
Pine Rockland
Prairie Hammock
Rockland Hammock
Shell Mound

All Images:

Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2011
In habitat, Dominican Republic
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Copyright by: Shirley Denton