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Melanthera nivea (L.) Small
Snow squarestem

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern and central United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: M. brevifolia.

Other data on Melanthera nivea available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Melanthera nivea has been found in the following 67 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Crandon 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
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Doubtfully Present
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Doubtfully Present
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Homestead Bayfront Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Melanthera nivea has been found in the following 11 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native