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Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton
White-cedar

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Family: Bignoniaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: The West Indies (very rare in the Bahamas); cultivated and naturalized in South Florida and elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

FLEPPC Status: Category II Invasive

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

South Florida History and Distribution: Previously identified as an emerging invasive in South Florida by IRC, this was added to the FISC list as an invasive species in 2023.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the USDA PLANTS link below.

Other data on Tabebuia heterophylla available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tabebuia heterophylla has been found in the following 29 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Alice C. Wainwright Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Arch Creek Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Not Native, Naturalized
Coral Pines Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Coral Reef Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Enchanted Forest Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House Present Not Native, Naturalized
Gomez Present Not Native, Naturalized
Greynolds Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Harden Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Highland Oaks Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Little Hamaca Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Matheson Hammock Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Rockdale Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Seminole Wayside Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Silver Palm Groves Present Not Native, Naturalized
Simpson Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
SOCSOUTH Present Not Native, Naturalized
South Beach Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Trail Glades Range Present Not Native, Naturalized
Trinity Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Zoo Miami Present Not Native, Naturalized

Tabebuia heterophylla has been found in the following 4 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Not Native, Naturalized
Martin County Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County Not Native, Naturalized
Monroe County (Keys) Not Native, Naturalized

Tabebuia heterophylla has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

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Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz; Agrandar.