Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
NatureServe Global Status:
Critically Imperiled
United States Federal Status:
Threatened
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as Imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann, Bradley & Woodmansee 2002), this was re-ranked using updated NatureServe criteria to Rare in 2014 and Imperiled in 2020.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For a current review of
Euphorbia garberi throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile. See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 169 and Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms:
Chamaesyce garberi, Chamaesyce keyensis.
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: Reported in 1907 by C.F. Millspaugh for the lower sandy Keys. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands in the lower Keys and lower sandy Keys [sic - there are no pinelands in the lower sandy Keys]. We consider this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.
