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Clusia rosea Jacq.
Pitch-apple

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Clusiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Presumed Extirpated and reintroduced from cultivated plants

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native, Extirpated then Reintroduced

South Florida History and Distribution: Intensive research in herbaria indicates that this is native to the lower Florida Keys, where it was probably extirpated and then reintroduced from cultivated plants. It is widely cultivated and escaping well outside of its historical range nearly throughout South Florida. See iNaturalist for recent records of this species.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Clusia rosea available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Clusia rosea has been found in the following 28 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Naturalized
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Biscayne National Park	Presumed Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Presumed Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Coral Pine Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Naturalized
Coral Reef Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Gulfstream Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Oleta River State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Simpson Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Spanish River Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Clusia rosea has been found in the following 3 counties :
Broward County		Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Naturalized
Monroe County (Keys)		Native, presumed Extirpated, now Reintroduced