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Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg.
Coffee colubrina, Greenheart

Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2004
In habitat, Long Pine Key, Florida

Family: Rhamnaceae

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

State of Florida Status: Endangered

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

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 Colubrina arborescens available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Colubrina arborescens has been found in the following 15 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Bill Sadowski Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Long Key State Park Reported
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Simpson Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only

Colubrina arborescens has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native

Colubrina arborescens has been found in the following 4 habitats :
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

All Images:

Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2004
In habitat, Long Pine Key, Florida
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2011
In habitat, Dominican Republic
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann