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Physalis walteri Nutt.
Walter’s groundcherry

Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, South Florida, 2012

Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

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 Physalis walteri available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Physalis walteri has been found in the following 137 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland	Present	Native
Arch Creek Addition	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Reported
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Reported
Daskas	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Don Pedro Island State Park	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Fort Lauderdale Ex. Airport Gopher Tortoise Preserve	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Gopher Tortoise Preserve	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Reported
Lovers Key State Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Miramar Pineland	Present	Native
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Ridge Preserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines 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
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
Spanish River Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Physalis walteri has been found in the following 10 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
Palm Beach County		Native