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Cnidoscolus stimulosus (Michx.) Engelm. & Gray
Tread-softly, Finger-rot, 7-minute-itch

Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2013

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

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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	Occurrence	Native Status
Cnidoscolus stimulosus has been found in the following 85 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamarind Private Dune	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Tilton	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

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