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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Chiococca parvifolia Wullschl. ex Griseb.
Small-leaved snowberry

Chiococca parvifolia
Copyright by: G.D. Gann 2020, Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier County, FL, USA

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies and South America (Trinidad & Tobago).

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Chiococca parvifolia and Chiococca pinetorum have often been lumped together under either name or into the much larger C. alba. We have done our best to sort out these records, but some records of Chiococca parvifolia reported in the FISF for the lower Florida Keys may be Chiococca pinetorum, and there may be some plants of Chiococca parvifolia farther into the interior of Miami-Dade County than our maps indicate.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: Chiococca pinetorum, misapplied.

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: Chiococca pinetorum, which included C. parvifolia, was reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands and open hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We consider this native to the upper Keys and the lower Keys, but perhaps absent from the middle Keys. Some records of this reported in the FISF for the lower Florida Keys may be Chiococca pinetorum.

Other data on Chiococca parvifolia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Chiococca parvifolia has been reported from the following 17 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge 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 Recorded as Present in Error
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Little Hamaca Park Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area 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
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native




Chiococca parvifolia has been reported for the following 3 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock


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Chiococca parvifolia
Copyright by: G.D. Gann 2020, Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier County, FL, USA
Chiococca parvifolia
Copyright by: G.D. Gann 2020, Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier County, FL, USA