Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Celastraceae | Crossopetalum ilicifolium | Holly-leaf Rhacoma, Christmas-berry | Pine rocklands, marl prairies, rockland hammocks; also, rarely and as an apparent waif, in disturbed, acid, peaty soil. | S. peninsular FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola). The NC record (presumably not persistent) was presumably introduced via cattle at an agricultural experiment station near Wenona, Washington County, NC (Hayes 1946). | |
Celastraceae | Crossopetalum rhacoma | Poison-cherry, Maidenberry | Pinelands, hammocks, coastal strands, coastal berms. | S. peninsular FL; West Indies; Yucatan peninsula of Mexico (CAM, ROO, VER, YUC); n. South America. |
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