FNPS Plant Database
Baccharis dioica
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Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.
Soil or Other Substrate:
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Ecology
Wildlife:
Nectar attracts butterflies.
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
This plant is believed to be extirpated in the wild in Florida. According to most sources, it was known from a single area south of Miami near Biscayne Bay. Old specimens at the University of Florida Herbarium for Escambia and Okaloosa counties were re-examined in 2006 and re-identified as Baccacharis dioica. It has also been reported to have been found on a dune near Mobile, AL (Woodlanders, Inc.) and introduced into the nursery trade from there. The map of herbarium speciment locations on the Florida Plant Atlas have not been updated.
Plants commercially available in FL apparently come from imports from the Bahamas.
Citations:
Institute for Regional Conservation. Accessed 2021. Natives for Your Neighborhood. https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Baccdioi. (salt tolerance)
University of Florida Herbarium. Accessed 2019. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scripts/dbs/herbs_project/herbsproject/herbs_pub_proc.asp (range).
Woodlanders, Inc. Accessed 2018. https://www.woodlanders.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=2048. (Occurrence on coastal dunes near Mobile, AL, cutural requirements and cold tolerance,, salt tolerance)
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
