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Metopium toxiferum (Linnaeus) Krug & Urban. Common name: Poisonwood. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Hammocks, pine rocklands, coastal berms, disturbed areas. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies, Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl4, FNA13, K4, NS, POWO, S, WH3, WI; = Metopium metopium (L.) Small — S13; Amyris toxifera Linnaeus. Basionym: Amyris toxifera L. 1759

Links to other floras: = Metopium toxiferum - FNA13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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