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Nolina atopocarpa Bartlett
Florida beargrass

Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Family: Asparagaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to Florida.

Map of Florida Locations

NatureServe Global Status: Vulnerable

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 201-203) based one occurrence in South Florida near the western Charlotte County-Lee County line along Burnt Store Road. It is extant within a very small area within the Yucca Pens Unit of the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area in Charlotte County, and the Yucca Pens Preserve in Lee County.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Other data on Nolina atopocarpa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Nolina atopocarpa has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area Present Native

Nolina atopocarpa has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Charlotte County Native
Lee County Native

Nolina atopocarpa has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Mesic Flatwoods
Wet Flatwoods

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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Jake Heaton
In habitat at the Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, Florida, USA, 2015.
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Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Lilly Anderson-Messec via her Instagram account @lilliumbyrd.
Nolina atopocarpa
Copyright by: Lilly Anderson-Messec via her Instagram account @lilliumbyrd.