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Leucothrinax morrisii (H. Wendl.) C. Lewis & Zona
Key thatch palm, Brittle thatch palm, Silver thatch palm

Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, New Providence, Bahamas, 2012

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies, where scattered.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: This is native to the Florida Keys in both Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. One specimen was collected in 1965 on an island off of Flamingo in Florida Bay in Everglades National Park. This record is treated as being from the Monroe County Mainland by the Altlas of Florida Vascular Plants, which we follow here. A juvenile individual was also discovered in 2011 on Cape Sable in Everglades National Park by Marc Minno, ENP botanist Jimi Sadle and others. There are no other records from the South Florida mainland or from offshore barrier islands.

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Synonyms: Thrinax morrisii, T. keyensis, T. microcarpa.

Other data on Leucothrinax morrisii available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Leucothrinax morrisii has been found in the following 25 conservation areas :
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Presumed Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Reported
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Leucothrinax morrisii has been found in the following 3 counties :
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)	Presumed Extirpated	Native