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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC.
Silver sea-oxeye-daisy, Bushy seaside oxeye

Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and southeastern United States, the West Indies (Bahamas) and southern Mexico.

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.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1884 by J. Cosmo Melvill for the island of Key West. Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for shores and sand dunes from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. First observed in the lower sandy Keys in 1996 by George Gann and Keith Bradley in the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. We consider this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.

Other data on Borrichia frutescens available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Borrichia frutescens has been reported from the following 28 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park Present Native
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area 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
Indian Key Historic State Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract Present Native
Little Hamaca Park Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Long Key State Park Present Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
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
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve Present Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Borrichia frutescens has been reported for the following 6 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Interdunal Swale
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland
Keys Cactus Barren
Mangrove swamp
Salt Marsh


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Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Borrichia frutescens
Copyright by: Susan Trammell