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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Baccharis halimifolia L.
Saltbush, Groundsel tree, Sea-myrtle

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and southeastern United States and the West Indies.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

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.

Synonyms: B. halimifolia var. angustior.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for coastal hammocks and sand dunes in the lower Keys. We consider this native from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.

Other data on Baccharis halimifolia available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Baccharis halimifolia has been reported from the following 17 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	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
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Reported
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native