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Sophora tomentosa L. var. truncata
Torr. & Gray
Yellow necklacepod

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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The very hairy Sophora cultivated and now escaped in South Florida is S. tomentosa var. occidentalis.

Synonyms: S. tomentosa, misapplied.

Other data on Sophora tomentosa var. truncata available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Sophora tomentosa var. truncata has been found in the following 67 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Barefoot Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Beachwalk Pasley Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	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
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Recorded as Present in Error
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
House of Refuge Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Kitchen Key	Present	Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native, presumed Extirpated, now Cultivated Only
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Santa Lucea	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Possibly Extirpated	Native, Cultivated Only
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Recorded as Present in Error
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only

	Occurrence	Native Status
Sophora tomentosa var. truncata has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native