Base de datos de plantas del FNPS
Conocarpus erectus
Nomenclatura
Nombre común:
Sinónimo(s):
Especie del género:
Familia:
Combretaceae
Especificaciones de la planta
Forma:
Tamaño:
Esperanza de vida:
Long-lived perennial
Color de la flor:
Color de la fruta:
Fenología:
Destacado por:
Paisajismo
Usos recomendados:
Consideraciones:
Disponibilidad:
Propagación:
Luz:
Tolerancia a la humedad:
Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco
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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Somewhat long very dry periods
Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:
Unknown
Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.
Suelo u otro sustrato:
Sand, Lime Rock
pH del suelo:
Apto para cultivo en:
9B,10A,10B,11
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Acreditado en:
Ecología
Fauna:
Nectar source and larval host plant for martial scrub hairstreak ( Strymon martialis ) and tantalus sphinx ( Aellopos tantalus ) .
Nectar plant for amethyst hairstreak ( Chlorostrymon maesites ) and other butterflies.
Attracts bees ( http://www.tcbeekeepers.org/ ).
The seeds are primarily dispersed by water.
Hábitats nativos:
Comentarios:
Etnobotánica:
Comentarios generales:
Two color morphs, green and silver.
Since it often occurs along the upland margin of mangrove swamps, it is sometimes referred to as the 4th Florida mangrove.
The silver morph is generally smaller and shrubbier than the green morph.
Citas:
Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Buttonwood. Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Conoerec ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.
Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.
Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Watkins, John and Thomas Sheehan. (1975). Florida Landscape Plants, Native and Exotic. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
