Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Geobalanus oblongifolius

gopher-apple
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Jon Pospisil
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

gopher-apple

Sinónimo(s):

Licania michauxii

Especie del género:

Geobalanus oblongifolius

Familia:

Chrysobalanaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

0.5 to 1 (3 rarely) ft.  Spreads by rhizomes to form large colonies.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

yellow

Fenología:

Evergreen in the southern part of its range; deciduous to the north. Typically blooms late spring-mid summer.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Groundcover in dry, sunny settings.  Can also make a good soil stabilizer.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Divide or plant from seed. Said to be difficult to transplant from field-divided material, but nursery grown plants are much easier to establish.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Not wet but not extremely dry -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Slightly acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

9A,9B,10A,10B,11

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Mammals

Butterflies including buckeyes, rattlebox moths, wasps, ants and bees use the flowers.  Bees are the primary pollinators. Documented bees include   Colletes sp. A, Agaposternon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Dialictus nyinphalis, Sphecodes heraclei, Megachile brevispseudobrevis, Epeoluszonatus and Apis inellifera (Deyrup et al. 2002)

 Fruits are eaten by small mammals and gopher tortoises. 

Hábitats nativos:

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, sandhill, dry secondary woods. Pine rocklands.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Fruits are edible but the animals usually get them first.

Comentarios generales:

High tolerance for salt spray (IFAS).
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Deyrup, Mark, Jay Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. (2002). The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi, 544. ( https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544/ ). Accessed 2026. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. (1993+). Flora of North America North of Mexico. (a href="https://floranorthamerica.org/Licania_michauxii" target="_blank">https://floranorthamerica.org/Licania_michauxii). Accessed 2026.


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.


UF/IFAS. (Undated). Gopher Apple - Gardening Solutions. ( https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/ornamentals/gopher-apple.html ). Accessed 2026. Center for Land Use Solutions, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University 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.

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