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Crotalaria pumila Ortega
Low rattlebox

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, 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 Crotalaria pumila available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Crotalaria pumila has been found in the following 93 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
Biscayne National Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Black Point Park and Marina	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Coral Pines Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	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
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	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
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
John Kunkel Small Pineland	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
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Reported
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Navy Wells Pineland 23	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
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
Rosemary Ridge Preserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Scrub Oak Park	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamarind Private Dune	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Reported
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Crotalaria pumila has been found in the following 6 counties :
Broward County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native