THREATENED AND ENDANGERED PLANTS IN BREVARD
Brevard County supports a total of 53 taxa of plants that are State-listed
as endangered, threatened, or commercially exploited (CE) and are statutorily
protected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(DOACS) in accordance with The Preservation of Native Flora of Florida
Act (Section 581.185-187; FS) and Chapter
5B-40 of the FAC. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
lists four of the state-listed species in Brevard. Federal listing of
plant species provides them protection in accordance with the Endangered
Species Act (50 CFR 17.12). Three of the four federally listed plant taxa
have not been observed within Brevard for over a decade. No status
surveys for those three taxa nor for additional taxa that may occur in
Brevard had been conducted within a decade prior to Brevard County initiating
rare plant surveys last year
with the support of grant funding. The state-listed and federally-listed
plant taxa that have been recorded for Brevard County are in the table
below.
LEGEND:
- E – Endangered
- T – Threatened
- CE – Commercially Exploited
| SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
PLANT FAMILY |
Protection Status |
|
|
|
|
DOACS |
FWS |
|
| Nolina atopocarpa |
Florida beargrass |
Agavaceae |
T |
|
|
| Zephranthes simpsonii |
Simpson's zephyr lily |
Amaryllidaceae |
T |
|
|
| Matelea gonocarpos |
Angel-pod; Climbing milk
weed; Angular fruit milkvine |
Asclepiadaceae |
T |
|
|
| Asclepias curtissii |
Curtiss' (sandhill) milkweed |
Asclepidaceae |
E |
|
|
| Garberia heterophylla |
Garberia |
Asteraceae |
T |
|
|
| Argusia gnaphalodes |
Sea lavender; Sea rosemary |
Boraginaceae |
E |
|
|
| Warea carteri |
Carter's mustard; Carter’s
pineland cress |
Brassicaceae |
E |
E |
|
| Tillandsia balbisiana |
Wild pine |
Bromeliaceae |
T |
|
|
| Tillandsia utriculata |
Giant wild pine |
Bromeliaceae |
E |
|
|
| Harrisia eriorphora = Harrisia
fragrans = Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans |
Fragrant prickly apple;
Caribbean applecactus |
Cactaceae |
E |
E |
|
| Harrisia gracilis = Harrisia
simpsonii = Cereus gracilis var. simpsonii |
West coast prickly apple;
Simpson’s applecactus |
Cactaceae |
E |
|
|
| Opuntia stricta |
Prickly pear cactus |
Cactaceae |
T |
|
|
| Lechea cernua |
Nodding (drooping; scrub)
pinweed |
Cistaceae |
T |
|
|
| Lechea divaricata |
Pine (spreading) pinweed |
Cistaceae |
E |
|
|
| Zamia pumila |
Coontie |
Cycadaceae |
CE |
|
|
| Cyperus pedunculatus =
Remirea maritima |
Beach star |
Cyperaceae |
E |
|
|
| Monotropsis reynoldsiae |
Pygmy-pipes; Sweet pinesap |
Ericaceae |
E |
|
|
| Chamaesyce cumulicola |
Sand dune spurge |
Eeuphorbiaceae |
E |
|
|
| Tephrosia angustissima
var. curtissii |
Curtiss’ Hoary-pea |
Fabaceae |
E |
|
|
| Asplenium serratum |
Bird's nest spleenwort |
fern; Aspleniaceae |
E |
|
|
| Lycopodium cernuum |
Nodding club moss |
fern; Lycopodiaceae |
CE |
|
|
| Ophioglossum palmatum |
Hand fern |
fern; Ophioglossaceae
|
E |
|
|
| Osmunda cinnamomea |
Cinnamon fern |
fern; Osmundaceae |
CE |
|
|
| Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis |
Royal fern |
fern; Osmundaceae |
CE |
|
|
| Pecluma dispersa |
Widespread polypody |
fern; Polypodiaceae |
E |
|
|
| Pecluma plumula |
Plume polypody |
fern; Polypodiaceae |
E |
|
|
| Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa |
Swamp plume polypody; Comb
polypody |
fern; Polypodiaceae |
E |
|
|
| Acrostichum aureum |
Giant leather fern; Inland
leather fern |
fern; Pteridaceae |
T |
|
|
| Scaevola plumieri |
Inkberry; Beach berry |
Goodenaceae |
T |
|
|
| Halophila johnsonii |
Johnson's sea-grass |
Hydrocharitaceae |
E |
T |
|
| Nemastylis floridana |
Fall-flowering pleat-leaf;
Celestial lily |
Iridaceae |
E |
|
|
| Dicerandra thinicola |
Titusville Balm |
Lamiaceae |
E |
|
|
| Conradina grandiflora |
Large-flowered rosemary |
Lamiaceae |
T |
|
|
| Pinguicula caerulea |
Blue butterwort |
Lentibulari-aceae |
T |
|
|
| Pinguicula lutea |
Yellow butterwort |
lentibulari-aceae |
T |
|
|
| Lilium catesbaei |
Catesby's lily, Pine Lily |
Liliaceae |
T |
|
|
| Myrcianthes fragrans |
Simpson's stopper |
Myrtaceae |
T |
|
|
| Calopogon mulitflorus |
Many-flowered grass pink |
Orchidaceae |
E |
|
|
| Epidendrum conopseum |
Greenfly orchid |
Orchidaceae |
CE |
|
|
| Habenaria nivea =
Platanthera nivea |
Snowy orchid; Bog torch |
Orchidaceae |
T |
|
|
| Hexalectris spicata |
Crested coralroot |
Orchidaceae |
E |
|
|
| Platanthera blephariglottis
var. conspicua |
White-fringed orchid; Plume
of Navarre |
Orchidaceae |
T |
|
|
| Platanthera ciliaris |
Yellow-fringed orchid;
Orange plume |
Orchidaceae |
T |
|
|
| Pteroglossapsis ecristata |
Non-crested eulophia;
False coco; Giant orchid |
Orchidaceae |
T |
|
|
| Sacoila lanceolata var.
lanceolata = Stenorryhnchos lanceolata |
Leafless beaked orchid |
Orchidaceae |
T |
|
|
| Peperomia humilis |
Peperomia |
Piperaceae |
E |
|
|
| Peperomia obtusifolia |
Florida peperomia |
Piperaceae |
E |
|
|
| Calamovilfa curtissii |
Curtiss' reedgrass; Curtiss'
sand grass; Florida sand reed |
Poaceae |
T |
|
|
| Chrysophyllum oliviforme |
Satinleaf |
Sapotaceae |
T |
|
|
| Schwalbea americana |
American chaffseed |
Schophulariaceae |
E |
E |
|
| Glandularia maritima =
Verbena maritima |
Coastal vervain |
Verbenaceae |
E |
|
|
| Glandularia tampensis =
Verbena tampensis |
Tampa vervain |
Verbenaceae |
E |
|
|
| Lantana depressa var. floridana |
Atlantic Coast Florida
lantana; East Coast lantana |
Verbenaceae |
E |
|
|
Table Updated in June 2003
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