Family: Fagaceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Shrub
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of Florida Locations
                                    
                                    
                                    Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
					
                                    Apparently Secure
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
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 505-506) based on one occurrence in two protected areas and adjacent private properties. It was reassessed in 2025 using updated NatureServe criteria and the rank of critically imperiled was retained.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.