|                    Chiggery grapes
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                |                    Tournefortia hirsutissima  
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                |                    Boraginaceae 
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                 Landscape Uses:
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                 Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. | 
               
                Ecological Restoration Notes:  | 
               
              
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                | Availability: | 
               
              
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                 Grown by enthusiasts. | 
               
              
                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 High climbing vine or medium shrub.  Leaves about 4-6 inches long. | 
               
              
                | Height: | 
               
              
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                 N/A; a vine with stems to 20 feet or more in length. | 
               
              
                | Growth Rate: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate. | 
               
              
                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier and Hendry counties; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.  In Broward County, know only from Water Conservation Area 3A. | 
               
              
                | Habitats: | 
               
              
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                 Hammocks and swamps. | 
               
              
                | Soils: | 
               
              
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                 Moist, well-drained limestone or organic soils, with humusy top layer. | 
               
              
                | Nutritional Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive. | 
               
              
                | Salt Water Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. | 
               
              
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. | 
               
              
                | Drought Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established. | 
               
              
                | Light Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Light shade to full sun. | 
               
              
                | Flower Color: | 
               
              
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                 White. | 
               
              
                | Flower Characteristics: | 
               
              
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                 Inconspicuous. | 
               
              
                | Flowering Season: | 
               
              
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                 All year. | 
               
              
                | Fruit: | 
               
              
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                 Round white drupe. | 
               
              
                | Wildlife and Ecology: | 
               
              
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                 Nectar plant for cassius blue (Leptotes cassius), lyside sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) and southern dogface (Zerene cesonia). | 
               
                     
                | Horticultural Notes: | 
               
              
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                | Comments: | 
               
              
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                 It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida. | 
               
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                    Kristen Finch in cultivation, Palm Beach County, Florida
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                    Kristen Finch in cultivation, Palm Beach County, Florida
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                    George D. Gann unusual in the forest understory Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2012
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