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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Buchnera americana L.
American bluehearts

Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Orobanchaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern North America, the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and South America (Trinidad).

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

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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 pinelands in the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.

Other data on Buchnera americana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Buchnera americana has been reported from the following 8 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Curry Hammock State Park Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native




Buchnera americana has been reported for the following 4 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Interdunal Swale
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland
Pine Rockland


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Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Buchnera americana
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley