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Solanum americanum Mill.
Common nightshade, American black nightshade

Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; an introduced weed in Canada and elsewhere.

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: Not Cultivated

Synonyms: S. nigrum, misapplied.

Other data on Solanum americanum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Solanum americanum has been found in the following 119 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	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
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental 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
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
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	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
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	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
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Homestead Bayfront Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Reported
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Assumed to be 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
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Ridge	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 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
Okeeheelee Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	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
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Rock Pit 34	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Sewell Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Assumed to be Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Warbler Wetland Natural Area	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Reported
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Solanum americanum 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