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Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton
White-cedar

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Family: Bignoniaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: The West Indies (very rare in the Bahamas); cultivated and naturalized in South Florida and elsewhere.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

South Florida History and Distribution: IRC considers this an emerging invasive in South Florida.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Widely cultivated and sparingly naturalized.

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Tabebuia heterophylla has been reported from the following 2 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Little Hamaca Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized




Tabebuia heterophylla has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2015
Cultivated plants in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Tabebuia heterophylla
Copyright by: Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz; Agrandar.