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Cynophalla flexuosa (L.) J. Presl
Limber caper, Bayleaf capertree

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Capparaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

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

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.

Synonyms: Capparis flexuosa (L.) L.; Capparis cynophallophora, sensu Chapman (1860), non L.

Other data on Cynophalla flexuosa available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Cynophalla flexuosa has been found in the following 47 conservation areas :
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Reported
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Cynophalla flexuosa has been found in the following 7 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native