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Family:

Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Form:

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Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

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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:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

Wildlife:

Attracts small insects pollinators.  Bees documented on this species include  Agapostemon splendens , Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Dialictus miniatulus, D. placidensis and Anthidiellum perplexum (Deyrup et al. 2002) 

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General Comments:

There are two varieties in Florida which are essentially equivalent for landscape purposes:  Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata and M. quadrivalvis var. floridana. 

M. quadrivalvis var. floridana is predominantly found on the eastern side of the state and is almost endemic to the state. 

Between them, these two subspecies can be found almost throught mainland Florida.  As their ranges naturally overlapp, so it is unlikely that planting them where cross-pollination could occur would cause introgression between the two subspecies.