Conocarpus erectus Linnaeus. Buttonwood, Button Mangrove. Phen: Jan-Dec. Hab: Tidal swamps, coastal woodlands, and interior into calcareous habitats including pine rocklands, marl prairies. Dist: N. FL peninsula southwards (from Volusia County on the east coast and Levy County on the west coast) to s. FL; widespread in the Neotropics north to s. TX (Nueces, Willacy, and Cameron counties); West Indies; w. Africa.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA10, GW2, K3, K4, Meso4.1, Mex, WH3; = Conocarpus erecta – S, S13, orthographic variant; > Conocarpus erecta var. erecta – SFla, orthographic variant; > Conocarpus erecta var. sericea DC. – SFla, orthographic variant; > Conocarpus erectus L. var. erectus – Bah; > Conocarpus erectus L. var. sericeus – Bah

Links to other floras: = Conocarpus erectus - FNA10

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
• Great Plains: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 7