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Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.
Poisonwood, Florida poisontree

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Anacardiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern South Florida and the Greater Antilles.

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. See also a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about the toxicity and berries of Poisonwood.

Synonyms: Rhus metopium.

Other data on Metopium toxiferum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Metopium toxiferum has been found in the following 128 conservation areas :
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Cypress Knee Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	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
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	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
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	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
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	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
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Mangrove Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	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
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland 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
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Radnor Beach Park	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	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
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Sewell Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
Spanish River Park	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	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	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Metopium toxiferum 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