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Pteris vittata
L.
China brake
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Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Family: Pteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Old World; now a widespread weed.
Map of Florida Locations
FLEPPC Status:
Category II Invasive
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Formerly Cultivated
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Pteris vittata
has been found in the following
134 conservation areas
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Occurrence
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Native Status
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A.D. Doug Barnes Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Alice C. Wainwright Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Arch Creek Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Big and Little George Hammocks
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Big Cypress National Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Bill Sadowski Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Biscayne National Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Black Creek Forest
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Black Point Park and Marina
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Boystown Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Camp Owaissa Bauer
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock parcel 28
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock parcel 31
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock parcel 33
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Chapman Field Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Charles Burr Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Chernoff Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Collier-Seminole State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Colonial Drive Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Coral Pine Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Crandon Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Deering Estate at Cutler
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dry Tortugas National Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dupuis Reserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Eachus Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Enchanted Forest Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Everglades National Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fern Forest Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Florida City Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fuchs Hammock Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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George N. Avery Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Girl Scouts South Miami Little House
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Gold Coast Railroad Museum
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Goulds Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Grassy Waters Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Greynolds Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Harden Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hattie Bauer Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Holiday Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Ingram Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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John Kunkel Small Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Kendall Indian Hammocks Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Kendalwood Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Lake Frances
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Lake Okeechobee Marshes
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Larry and Penny Thompson Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Loveland Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Lucille Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Ludlam Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Mangrove Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Matheson Hammock Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Medlock Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Meissner Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Milton E. Thompson Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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National Key Deer Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Navy Wells Pineland 2
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Navy Wells Pineland 23
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Navy Wells Pineland Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Ned Glenn Nature Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Nicodemus Slough
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Northrop Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Okeeheelee Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Oleta River State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Palm Drive Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pal-Mar
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pal-Mar Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Picayune Strand State Forest
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pine Shore Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pond Apple Slough Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pond Cypress Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Porter-Russell Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Prairie Pines Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Quail Roost Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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R. Hardy Matheson Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Railhead Scrub Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Riverbend Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rock Pit 39
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rockdale Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Secret Woods Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Seminole Wayside Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Silver Palm Groves
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Silver Palm Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Simpson Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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SOCSOUTH
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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South Dade Wetlands
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Sunny Palms Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tall Cypress Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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The Barnacle State Historic Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Trail Glades Range
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tree Island Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tree Tops Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Trinity Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Warbler Wetland Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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West Biscayne Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Woodmont Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Yamato Scrub Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Yellow Fever Creek Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Zoo Miami
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Copyright by: Shirley Denton
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