Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Naturalized plants, Simpson Park, Miami, Florida
Family: Oleaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Collected once in 1933 on Ramrod Key by Hugh O'Neill (s.n., WIS). This is highly invasive on the mainland, but is no longer in cultivation in South Florida.