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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg.
Coffee colubrina, Greenheart

Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2004
In habitat, Long Pine Key, Florida

Family: Rhamnaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

State of Florida Status: Endangered

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

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.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West.  Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.  First observed in the lower sandy Keys by George D. Gann and Keith A. Bradley in 1996.  We consider this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.

Other data on Colubrina arborescens available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Colubrina arborescens has been reported from the following 7 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Long Key State Park Reported
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Colubrina arborescens has been reported for the following 4 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock


All Images:

Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2004
In habitat, Long Pine Key, Florida
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2011
In habitat, Dominican Republic
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Colubrina arborescens
Copyright by: George D. Gann